2 NYC Police Officers Shot in Separate ‘Assassination’ Attempts, Officials Say

Suspect arrested, NYPD confirms

Police said they are still searching for the gunman, however, who was described as a male between the ages of 20 and 30 with a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans. NYPD

A New York Police Department officer was shot early on Feb. 9 in the 41st Precinct in the Bronx, just hours after another NYPD officer was shot in the face while sitting in his patrol vehicle in the same New York City borough.

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea confirmed that the second officer was shot before 8 a.m. at 41st Precinct headquarters. The officer is in stable condition at Lincoln Hospital, Shea said.