Overview

• An off-duty officer fired multiple rounds after a moped rider dismounted, asked if the officer knew a name and then brandished a handgun.
• The confrontation occurred just after 9:45 p.m. Sunday outside a Washington Heights apartment building near West 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
• The 30-year-old suspect was taken to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead and has not yet been publicly identified.
• Investigators recovered a loaded 9mm handgun at the scene while a second moped rider fled and remains wanted.
• The officer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and this marks the second fatal off-duty shooting in 48 hours, prompting an NYPD internal review.