[Breitbart] A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting of an NYPD officer in Queens Saturday afternoon.Police say the shooting happened near the intersection of 104 Road and 212 Street in the Queens Village neighborhood around 6:15 p.m. Saturday.
Investigators say plainclothes anticrime officers noticed a man with a bend in his waistband, indicating that he may possibly have a handgun on him. When they approached him, police say the suspect opened fire and at least two bullets hit an unmarked vehicle.
One of the officers suffered injuries to his right cheek and back of the head. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical but stable condition.
| New York Post reports indicate perp is man named Demetrius Blackwell. |
| The police officer is now in an induced coma. For someone with head trauma that's not a good sign. |