NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – An NYPD officer was recovering Sunday after police said he was hit over the head with a bottle while trying to make an arrest in Brooklyn on Saturday night.
The officer was trying to break up a group of men near Sterling Place and Rochester Avenue in the Weeksville section just before 9:30 p.m. when one of the men began arguing with the officer, police said.
Citizen App video shows police at the intersection shortly after the attack.
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The officer was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition and eventually released. Police said he was conscious and alert.
Police were still searching for the suspect on Sunday.
