Officer shot, man arrested in Brooklyn after fatal shooting
A New York City police officer was shot three times in a gun battle with a man suspected in a fatal shooting minutes earlier, officials said Thursday.
The wounded officer was expected to recover and the suspected gunman was under arrest, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a briefing at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn.
“The officer, thank God, is here, he is well and he is expected to make a full recovery,” Shea said.