Brooklyn, NY +Officer Shot+ Three people including a police officer have been shot at 14 Auburn Place and North Elliot (88th Pct) EMS requested forthwith and additional units to respond for crowd control, ESU enroute.
Join our WhatsApp groupSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email
Officer being transported by RMP escorted by Highway units over the Brooklyn Bridge to Bellvue Hospital, NYPD level one mobilization has been called, Major crime scene investigation on going, Aviation on scene for air-mail watch.
Perp possibly pulled officers weapon and shot him in the leg.
NEW YORK — An off-duty police sergeant was shot Thursday evening and a teenager was killed in an exchange of gunfire, authorities said.
Sgt. James Rector was shot in a leg about 7:30 p.m. in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn, police said.
It wasn’t clear what triggered the shootout, but apparently Rector stumbled upon 17-year-old Eric Hines as he pointed a gun at a man who was pleading for his life, police said.
Gunfire erupted, and Rector was hit at least once. In the chaos, a wounded Rector was able to return fire, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
“Despite already being hit, Sgt. Rector displayed incredible clarity of mind and a coolness literally under fire that few of us could ever hope to muster,” the mayor said during a hospital news conference.
Hines was killed, and the other man, whose identity wasn’t revealed, was wounded in a leg and was hospitalized.
“My baby’s gone,” Hines’ father, Eric Pitt, said. “My baby’s gone, man.”
Rector had apparently just gotten off work and was in plainclothes when he confronted Hines.
The shooting remained under investigation.