New York officials are investigating an attack in Brooklyn that left three officers injured on Wednesday night. All three are expected to recover. The suspect, who was shot repeatedly, is in custody.
Three New York City police officers who were injured in Brooklyn are expected to recover. A suspect is in custody.VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty
The stabbing led to a flurry of gunfire as more officers responded to the scene."We believe that when they got there, they saw the perpetrator with a gun in his hand, which we believe belonged to one of the officers," NYPD Commissioner Dermot SheaIn addition to the officer who was stabbed, two police suffered gunshot wounds not considered life-threatening during the melee. It wasn't immediately clear who shot them.
Speaking Wednesday night at a press conference outside the hospital where the wounded officers were being treated, the head of New York City's police union, Pat Lynch, demanded an end to anti-cop rhetoric.
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