Police said one officer was shot in an arm and the other struck in a hand by gunfire. They were rushed to Kings County Hospital…
Police said one officer was shot in an arm and the other struck in a hand by gunfire. They were rushed to Kings County Hospital and were expected to survive, according to the New York Post. The suspect was taken into custody after he was shot several times by the officers, police said.
The shooting happened in Brooklyn nearly four hours after an 8 p.m. curfew that was implemented to quell continued unrest over death of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died in Minneapolis police custody May 25 after a white officer kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes in a moment caught on cellphone video.
It started after a suspect approached an officer around 11:45 p.m. and stabbed him in the neck, a police source told the New York Post.
The officer and the suspect fought for the weapon, which caused gunfire to strike the two other officers. The suspect was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, according to The Post.
Other related developments:
– Judge Napolitano on whether Minnesota has enough for 2nd-degree murder conviction
– Feds investigating whether ‘professional’ Antifa-linked agitators exerting ‘command and control’ over unrest
– Texas man with ‘assault rifle’ at Floyd protest allegedly plotted ‘to off racists and MAGA people’
– ‘Boogaloo’ suspects accused of trying to ‘incite violence’ at Floyd protest in Vegas, feds say
The town hall was hosted by the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, which supports young men of color.
