Off-duty NYPD officer shot man in Bronx after tracking family's stolen car, sources say
An off-duty NYPD officer shot a man in the Bronx on Monday night, New York City police sources say.
The shooting happened just before 9:15 p.m. in the Kingsbridge Heights section.
NYPD sources said the officer, who has been with the department for 12 years and was assigned to the Intel Division, was initially stripped of his badge and gun, and assigned to desk duty. Police now say the 44-year-old has been suspended without pay.
So far, no charges have been filed.
Off-duty officer shot man in head, sources say
According to NYPD sources, the off-duty officer was tracking a stolen vehicle that belonged to his family and found the car with three men inside on West 231st Street near Albany Crescent.
The off-duty officer fired at least two shots into the vehicle, striking a 30-year-old man in the head, as well as the window of The Bronx Public bar across the street, sources say.
Sources tell CBS News New York the men in the vehicle then drove to a local hospital, where the man who was struck by the bullet was last reported to be in critical condition.
No injuries were reported at the bar.
Video shows Bronx shooting
Surveillance video shows a dark-colored vehicle parked in the street behind a light-colored vehicle. A man walks from the dark-colored vehicle and appears to point a gun at an individual near the light-colored vehicle.
Later in the video, the man with the gun is no longer in frame. From off-camera, at least shots are fired, appearing to shatter the driver's side window of the light-colored vehicle as it takes off.
An MTA bus is seen driving past the light-colored vehicle as the shots ring out.
Additional surveillance video from inside The Bronx Public bar shows a front window shattering as shots ring out and customers turning to look out other windows to see what happened.
