Overview
- Officers responded around 9 a.m. to an apartment complex at 125 East 86th St. in Canarsie, according to the report.
- The responding unit was from the NYPD’s 67th Precinct, the coverage said.
- Sources said the man had a gun and may have been violating a protection order before fleeing on foot toward Coventry Road and East 86th Street.
- During the pursuit, an officer fired and struck the man in the chest, and EMS took him to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, sources said.
- Police say the investigation is ongoing and they advised residents to avoid Coventry Road between Dorset and East 86th Streets.