An off-duty NYPD police officer was shot in the head on Saturday after a botched robbery during a meeting with a Facebook Marketplace seller.
Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell provide an update on the status of the victim
Police have not named the officer who was shot in the Brooklyn meetup, but did confirm that he was a 26-year-old male who is a 5-year veteran of the force and is married with children. ‘This appears to be an attempted robbery during an attempt to purchase a vehicle,’ NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. ‘Please keep this young officer in your prayers, he is fighting for his life.’Detectives’ Bureau Assistant Chief Michael Baldassano said that the officer made plans with another person to purchase a car on Facebook Marketplace. They agreed to meet at a location in East New York, Brooklyn.
The off-duty officer took a relative with him to the meet-up, who was not injured during the incident. That relative then took the officer to Brookdale Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.‘I spoke with the officer’s wife, saw his beautiful children – we all are lifting his family up in prayer,’ Mayor Eric Adams said. ‘We will catch the person responsible for this act.’
The mayor blamed the incident on the influx of illegal guns in the city. ‘A dangerous person pulled out a firearm. As we so far and so often in this city, too many illegal guns are in the hands of bad people and doing bad things.’
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