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An on-duty sergeant saw the officer getting out of the car with his head bleeding, and he was rushed to us-regions Presbyterian Hospital, WCBS reports.
Sewell said the officer was treated for a fractured skull, and bullet fragments were removed from his wound.
“Doctors say the bullet was ‘miraculously deflected,’ either by the car window or the officer’s skull, and missed vital structures by millimeters,” WABC reports.
Bullet fired through one of the car’s windows, hitting the officer in the head
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The officer is expected to make a full recovery.
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Police are still investigating who fired the bullet and if the officer was the intended target, according to FOX 5 New York. Sewell said that there were no other 911 calls for gunfire in the area at the time of the shooting, and no other officers heard anything.
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NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig announced a $10,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to an arrest.
