Off-duty officer fatally shoots man who flashed gun at him in Washington Heights, NYPD says
An off-duty NYPD officer shot and killed a man in Manhattan who police said flashed a gun at him Sunday night — the second fatal NYPD shooting since Friday.
Sunday’s incident happened around 9:45 p.m. near West 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, according to police officials. Deputy Chief Eric Pagan said the officer was standing outside a residential building when he was approached by two men on two mopeds. One of the men got off his moped and asked the officer if he knew a certain person’s name, and then pulled out a gun, according to Pagan.
When the officer saw this, he took out his own gun and fired, striking the man several times, the deputy chief said at a
Police said first responders initiated CPR on the man whom the officer shot, and took him to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Pagan said he was 30 years old, but officials have not yet identified him as they work to notify his family.
Officers recovered a
