NYPD detective is shot dead and sergeant is injured in shootout with armed robber at T-Mobile store in Queens A gun battle broke out around 6.15pm Tuesday as police were responding to a call about an armed robbery at a T-Mobile location in the Richmond Hill area Sources say the 19-year veteran detective was shot in the chest and later died The squad sergeant was shot in the arm and taken to Jamaica Hospital in Queens At least one suspect was reportedly shot and taken to the hospital as well Neither the officers nor the suspect have been identified by authorities
By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com
Published: 01:23 GMT, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 13 February 2019
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One NYPD officer has been shot dead and another is injured following a shootout at a T-Mobile store in Queens on Tuesday night.
Police were responding to a call about an armed robbery at the phone store in Richmond hill just before 6.15pm when a gun battle broke out, sources told the New York Daily News.
A 19-year veteran detective was shot in the chest and a squad sergeant was shot in the arm as at least one suspect hid inside the store. The suspect was reportedly also shot in the confrontation.
The detective's death marks the NYPD's first line-of-duty fatality of 2019.
