An off-duty officer with the New York Police Division is in a secure situation within the hospital after being shot throughout an tried carjacking whereas on his strategy to work, authorities stated.

The 22-year-old officer had stopped at a site visitors mild close to Seaside 62nd Avenue and Seaside Channel Drive within the Queens borough at round 10.20 p.m. when two males approached his automobile on foot, NYPD police chief Kenneth Corey stated at a information convention.

One of many males "tapped on the driving force's aspect window with a gun" and the officer received out of his car, Corey stated.

"One of many two males then fired a number of photographs on the off-duty officer hanging him within the shoulder," Corey added. "The officer returned hearth, however didn't strike anybody."

Corey stated the suspects fled on foot, whereas uniformed officers who heard the sound of gunfire rushed to the scene and rendered assist to the wounded officer. In addition they broadcast an outline of the fleeing suspects over their police radios.

He stated uniformed Public Security Group officers noticed two males becoming the outline round three blocks away close to Seaside Channel Drive and Seaside 59th Avenue.

"As these officers received out of the automobile, the suspects fired a shot in the direction of the officers which struck the rear bumper on the passenger aspect of their unmarked automobile," Corey stated. However the officers "exercised nice restraint and didn't return hearth," he stated.

"I need to emphasize that. These officers are being fired at and didn't shoot again."

As a substitute, Corey stated the officers chased the suspects on foot and apprehended them a brief distance away with out additional incident. A firearm was recovered, he stated.

The preliminary responding officers positioned the wounded off-duty officer of their car and transported him to Jamaica Hospital, the place he's in a secure situation, Corey stated.

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell stated the suspects had supposed to rob the off-duty officer of his car.

"This younger man was on his strategy to work to guard New Yorkers from criminals like the 2 who had been arrested in the present day," Sewell stated.

"The police division is effectively previous standing at podiums telling folks there are too many unlawful weapons on the road and much too many individuals carrying them prepared to drag the set off."

Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, stated the suspects within the incident "had no regard of who they had been making an attempt to kill."

Police officers gather for NYPD officer's funeral
1000's of cops from totally different states collect at St. Patrick's Cathedral to attend the funeral of fallen NYPD officer Jason Rivera on January 28, 2022 in New York Metropolis. An off-duty officer with the New York Police Division is in a secure situation within the hospital after being shot throughout an tried carjacking on Tuesday, authorities stated.Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress through Getty Photographs

"The overproliferation of weapons, prepared to make use of them on people in blue uniforms or blue denims, they do not care. They do not care," he stated. "And to see one thing like this occur repeatedly in our metropolis is unacceptable."

President Joe Biden will probably be visiting the town on Thursday and will meet with Adams to debate gun violence. Adams launched his "Blueprint to Finish Gun Violence" on January 24.

"We will lay out clear objects we'd like on the federal degree, simply as we did with state lawmakers. Everybody have to be on the identical staff," Adams stated. "This division goes to battle to maintain the town secure."

Tuesday's taking pictures got here because the NYPD prepares to pay tribute to one of many two officers who had been shot and killed whereas responding to a home dispute in Harlem on January 22.

Officer Wilbert Mora's funeral is ready for Wednesday morning. 1000's of cops gathered for his associate Jason Rivera's funeral on Friday.