A New York City police officer was shot in the arm and the gunman was killed in a shootout in the Bronx, officials said Wednesday.
The confrontation happened at about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday when Officer Dennis Vargas and his partner, patrolling in uniform in an unmarked police car, spotted Rameek Smith, 25, Chief of Detectives James Essig said.
The officers chased Smith on foot, and after a pursuit of about a block and a half, Smith turned and fired two shots, Essig said.Vargas was shot in the left arm. He was treated at Lincoln Hospital and released. Smith was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died. An angry Mayor Eric Adams, speaking before Smith was pronounced dead, said the suspect had “an extensive arrest history,” including a gun possession arrest after he was caught jumping a subway turnstile in March 2020.
“The number of shootings we respond to every night is despicable,” said Adams, a Democrat and former police officer.
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