2 NYPD officers shot in Bronx 'gun battle,' authorities say
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The officers are expected to make a full recovery.
Two New York City Police officers were shot but are expected to make a full recovery after a "gun battle" broke out in the Bronx on Wednesday evening.
Police say the perpetrator, who was not immediately identified, was also shot and had undergone surgery but is expected to survive.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said during a news conference Wednesday from St. Barnabas Hospital that the entire incident was captured on body camera footage. The two officers were responding to a call from a community member who was concerned about a man with a gun in the neighborhood.
"They're walking up there, discussing tactically how they will approach, and they immediately encounter this individual who's sitting on the front stoop of the building," Shea said of the officers. "Within seconds, they are in a gun battle."
