NYPD: Officers Shoot Armed Man In Downtown Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A police-involved shooting in Brooklyn overnight sent three people to the hospital.
Police were still on the scene at Bridge and Nassau streets in Downtown Brooklyn Saturday morning after a man allegedly pulled a gun on two officers.
Investigators said around 1 a.m. officers were notified of a man with a gun outside club Amarachi on Bridge Street, CBS2's Ilana Gold reported.
Upon the officers' arrival, the man pulled a weapon from his waistband and refused orders from the officers to drop his gun, police said.
The officers fired four shots, striking the 34-year-old suspect in the lower torso and grazing his left arm.
Authorities said he did not fire at the officers, but they did recover a loaded Star Eibar .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun.
The suspect was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, 1010 WINS' Roger Stern reported.
NYPD: Officers Shoot Armed Man In Downtown Brooklyn
The two officers were taken to New York Methodist Hospital, where they were treated for ringing in their ears and are expected to be OK.
Police have not yet released the name of the suspect, but said charges are pending against him.
