Metro

Cops exchange gunfire with armed robber in the Bronx

By
Tina Moore,
Joe Marino and
Allie Griffin
Published Aug. 30, 2022, 8:16 p.m. ET

Two NYPD detectives exchanged gunfire with a suspected armed robber in the Bronx Tuesday evening — and nobody was struck in the incident, police said.

The detectives from the Bronx warrant squad were in Morrisania conducting a separate investigation when they came across two armed men trying to rob a group of people near Second Avenue and E. 167th Street just before 6 p.m., police said.

One of the suspects struck one man with a handgun, according to the NYPD.

NYPD officers gather at the scene of a police-involved shooting in the Bronx.
Two detectives with the Bronx warrant squad exchanged gunfire with two robbery suspects Tuesday. FNTV
Three NYPD officers stand behind yellow crime scene tape on a Bronx sidewalk where officers exchanged fire with a suspect earlier.
Each detective fired one round at the suspect who shot at them. FNTV

The detectives — who were wearing their vests with “police” written across them — intervened and one of the robbers fired the gun at them, police and sources said.

The detectives returned fire, with each firing one round at the gunman.

Neither the officers or the gunman were struck, police said.

The two men fled down Third Avenue and remain at large.

Both detectives were brought to Lincoln Hospital where they are being treated for tinnitus, police sources said.

A tiny orange cone is placed on the street in front of evidence near a parked car.
Neither the detectives or the suspects, who remain at large, were shot. FNTV

Police recovered a live round and magazine at the scene.

Additional reporting by Larry Celona