One officer was fatally shot while another was 'fighting for his life' Friday night after police responded to a domestic dispute in Harlem. 'I am struggling to find the words to express the tragedy we are enduring,' NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.
Mayor Eric Adams, with Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell to his right and Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin on his left, at Harlem Hospital on January 21, 2022Mayor Eric Adams, with Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell to his right and Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin on his left, at Harlem Hospital on January 21, 2022One officer was fatally shot while another was in critical condition in Harlem Friday night after police responded to a domestic dispute involving a mother and her son.
"I am struggling to find the words to express the tragedy we are enduring," Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said during a briefing at Harlem Hospital. She said the officer in critical condition was "fighting for his life."Police officers at Harlem Hospital on January 21, 2022Officers responded to the dispute at roughly 6:15 p.m. on West 135th Street, near Lenox Avenue.
He repeated his plea from recent days for more federal resources to stop the flow of guns onto city streets, which he said the federal government has failed to curb. Police said McNeil used a stolen 9 mm handgun that was registered in Baltimore. "Let me be clear — there are no gun manufacturers in New York City," Adams said. "We don't make guns here. How are we moving thousands of guns off the street and they are still finding their ways onto the streets of New York City and into the hands of killers?"
Officials gave conflicting information in the immediate hours after the incident and multiple news outlets initially reported sources saying both shootings were fatal. Police told reporters at the briefing that one officer, 27, was in critical condition. The officer who died was 22 and had been on the job since November of 2020.. One officer has died, the second is still fighting for his life. Please pray for him.
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