WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Mannhattan, New York– NYPD Force Investigation Division, Real Time Crime And Crime Scene Unit are investigating with Federal parners after an Officer was shot in Washington Heights. The madness began after Officers from the 34th Precinct Anti Crime Unit responded to calls of an male firing an weapon into the air. Shortly before 3PM they began to pursue the suspect from Wadsworth Ave South on West 187 to Broadway where the suspect fired a round into the windshield of the police car. The suspect was chased into a parking lot where shots were fired between responding Officers and the suspect. The suspect was shot and taken to the hospital where he died. The Anti Crime Officer was also shot in the arm, he was taken to the hospital treated and released.

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