Two NYPD Officers Shot in Brooklyn Domestic Violence Call

Officers Injured After Struggle with Repeat Offender Melvin Butler

Two NYPD officers were shot and injured while responding to a domestic violence call in Brooklyn, New York.
The suspect, Melvin Butler, 39, resisted arrest and managed to seize a gun from one of the officers, opening fire and injuring them.
Butler, a repeat offender with a history of violent crimes, was shot multiple times by police in the ensuing struggle and is in critical but stable condition.
The officers, one shot in the hand and the other in the leg, were taken to a hospital and are expected to make full recoveries.
Mayor Eric Adams praised the officers for their actions, stating that they had apprehended a dangerous person and would be going home to their families.