Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) provide an update on an NYPD officer who was shot in the left shoulder during a press conference where the officer was rushed after the shooting. He was in stable condition. The suspect was in the same hospital after getting shot by cops but was listed as “not likely” to die.
Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) provide an update on an NYPD officer who was shot in the left shoulder during a press conference where the officer was rushed after the shooting. He was in stable condition. The suspect was in the same hospital after getting shot by cops but was listed as “not likely” to die. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly)

Members of the Emergency Services Unit attempted to executive a search warrant for firearms in a pre-dawn raid, but were fired on by the suspect. After a three hour standoff, cops entered the apartment and in an ensuing gunfight, a detective and the suspect were both wounded.

Detective Shot While Executing Search Warrant Against Thug on Lower East Side; Suspect Wounded and Arrested
19 Feb 2025 | 05:24
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A detective who was attempting to execute a search warrant in a pre-dawn raid at a Lower East Side public housing project on Feb. 18 was shot in the left shoulder and rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he is expected to make a full recovery.

Cops collared the suspect, identified as Edwin Rivera, 35. He...

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