Breaking: Suffolk Police are giving an update on an officer shot in Coram. Watch live now.
"One officer exited his vehicle and starts pursuing our suspect on foot. The officer, who was in plainclothes, identified himself and demanded and ordered our suspect to stop. The suspect did not comply and at some point that man ultimately fired two rounds. The officer was hit in his upper right thigh," said Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison. The officer was in stable condition at Stony Brook University Hospital, but will need surgery. He is expected to recover.
"I heard the shots and came outside and walked to the corner. By the time I came out, the police cars were speeding up past the corner and they had one officer in the back of the car, and he was, I guess, unconscious," a neighbor said. "Police officers here kind of handle things not as forceful. So this is a new incident for me to understand, to kind of wrap my head around," another neighbor said.
The Longwood Schools Superintended put three schools one lockdown while police were searching for the suspect, a known gang member, police said.
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