NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — An NYPD officer is in critical condition after being shot during an attempted robbery in Brooklyn on Saturday night.
It was a "simple errand," Mayor Eric Adams told reporters Saturday night.
The off-duty officer, a five-year veteran assigned to patrol, was trying to buy a car he saw on Facebook Marketplace and arrived with a relative to the meet-up point at Ruby Street near Linden Boulevard in East New York.
Assistant Chief Michael Baldassano said that when the officer got to the scene around 7 p.m., "almost immediately, the suspect displayed a gun and announced a robbery."
"There was an exchange of gunfire," Baldassano added. "The off-duty officer was struck."
"A dangerous person pulled out a firearm," Adams said.
The gunman fled the scene and remains at large.
The 26-year-old officer, who has not yet been identified, was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, where NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said he is "fighting for his life."
Adams repeated his long-running vow to rid the streets of illegal guns on Saturday night.
"It hurts a lot, and it doesn't dissipate over time," he said. "It does not dissipate."
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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