NYPD officer shot and wounded in Bedford-Stuyvesant
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An NYPD officer was shot three times after approaching a gun wielding man minutes after a nearby fatal shooting and crash in Brooklyn last night.
The 28-year-old officer was struck in the rear of his bulletproof vest, as well as in his leg and buttocks, near Macon Street and Howard Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The injured officer fired nine shots in return, and another officer fired a dozen rounds, striking the 26-year-old suspect in the leg.
The officer was rushed to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
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