Off-duty NYPD officer fatally shoots man carrying firearm in Washington Heights
An off-duty police officer fatally shot an armed 30-year-old suspect riding a moped in Washington Heights Sunday.
Police say two men, both riding mopeds, approached the off-duty officer just before 9:45 p.m. Sunday and asked if they knew a certain person's name.
One pulled a weapon and the off-duty officer "drew his firearm, discharged multiple rounds," according to Deputy Chief Eric Pagan, an executive officer of the Patrol Borough of Manhattan North.
The 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital. The second suspect fled on a moped and is being sought.
This marks the second fatal shooting involving an off-duty officer in three days. A 44-year-old man was fatally shot by an off-duty officer Friday night on Staten Island.
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