A Lengthy Island cop was shot within the face early Thursday by a gunman who opened fireplace from inside a home as police approached to serve a warrant in a murder investigation, cops mentioned.
The unidentified Suffolk County cop was hit within the face as officers shaped a fringe round a North Bay Shore dwelling as a part of an investigation of a case the place a blood-drenched corpse was present in bushes a day earlier, sources near the investigation informed The Publish.
“This officer’s wound was half an inch away from his eye,” docs from Stony Brook College Hospital informed Information 12 Lengthy Island. “It was up on his cheek, it fractured his cheekbone and was lodged in his ear.
“If that was over half an inch, unfortunately he’s blind or not with us anymore.”
The 44-year-old shooter fired off a flurry of rounds from inside, placing the officer — though it’s unclear if it was a direct hit or a ricochet.
The bullet was eliminated on the hospital and the officer is anticipated to get better, in line with sources.
The shooter is in custody. Neither he nor the individual discovered useless within the bushes have been recognized by authorities. Information 12 mentioned the pair might have labored collectively as mechanics.
Bay Shore residents informed The Publish they got here dwelling Wednesday evening to blood on the road, police exercise, and a few even described partially seeing the physique tucked in close by brush.
Police revealed that after they arrived, the wooded space the place the physique was discovered was doused in a “significant amount” of blood.
Police imagine the individual discovered useless was killed sooner or later Wednesday, however they haven’t disclosed how he died.
