Police are investigating after an off-duty NYPD officer shot a 42-year-old man in the Bronx Thursday afternoon during a dispute in a store.
Police received the call around 3 p.m. Thursday, authorities said, reporting the dispute on White Plains Road. Assistant Chief Benjamin Gurley said the officer fired at the man one time during the dispute.
“During the dispute, the off-duty police officer discharged his weapon one time, striking the male in left arm and subsequently grazing the male’s chest,” he told the media on Thursday.
Gurley said the the man was taken to the hospital and was expected to survive.
The department’s Use of Force Investigation Division was leading the investigation, Gurley added.
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