2 cops, gunman injured during pursuit turned gunfight in Brooklyn

Feb 22, 2016, 05:00

The two officers, who are assigned to the plainclothes anti-crime in the 81st Precinct, were being treated at Kings County Hospital. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital in critical condition.

NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York City Police officers were injured early Saturday in a shootout with a suspect who crashed his auto into a police vehicle, police said.

Officials also added that just as Yurkiw was saved by his bulletproof vest, 27 years ago his father, retired Police Officer Paul Yurkiw, was also saved by his vest when he was shot while on the job, the Daily News reported. A vehicle chase ensued, and the suspect ended up driving the wrong way down Lexington Ave, ramming a marked patrol auto. The second officer was struck below the vest line and the bullet entered his right hip.

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"I've met with them both and can report that they are alert, talkative and in the warm embrace of their families", Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Saturday morning. The officers found a. 357 revolver with five spent shell casings in the front seat of Funes vehicle following the crash. Funes, 34, was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

Asked what may have prompted Funes to go on his shooting spree, NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton responded: 'His history is what might have prompted him'. Funes has 15 prior arrests in New York City and another 11 in Chicago before leaving in 2000. Investigators are looking into his ties to other people suspected of being radicalized, a law enforcement official said.

Courtesy NYPD Officer Andrew Yurkiw was shot by a suspect in a gunfight Saturday in Brooklyn.

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Cops say Funes fled from Officers Andrew Yurkiw and William Reddin early Saturday morning after brandishing a Magnum. When Redding and Yurkiw approached Funes in a Nissan Maxima, he allegedly pointed a revolver at them and drove off.

No word has been released regarding the updated condition of the suspect.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Funes, who police said had previously used the name Fredrick Funes, had a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.

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Funes was still in his vehicle when he was shot, Bratton said.

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