NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A burglary suspect was fatally shot by police during a confrontation in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Cops said officers responded at around 1:30 p.m. to a 911 call reporting a burglary in progress at a residence at Bronx Boulevard and East 224th Street in the Wakefield section of the Bronx.
Within minutes, officers arrived at the residence and encountered a man inside armed with a gun.
Police said the suspect refused to comply with officers who ordered him to drop his gun. One officer deployed his Taser in an attempt to disarm him.
He then ran into a bedroom, fired two shots, broke a window and fled.
Responding backup officers pursued the man who was still armed into the street, across a park and next to the Bronx River as cops continued to urge him to drop his weapon.
At that point, the suspect turned toward the officers with his gun in hand. Three officers discharged their firearms at the suspect, striking him in the torso and arm.
He then fled into the Bronx River. Officers removed him from the river and immediately rendered first aid.
EMS responded and transported the suspect to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not been released at this time.
The officers were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The firearm, believed to be the suspect’s, was recovered from the Bronx River, authorities said.
Detectives are interviewing witnesses and the investigation remains active.
The fatal incident happened hours after an NYPD detective was shot and injured as police served a drug-related warrant at a Staten Island home on Thursday morning.
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