Incident
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1-16-2024 New York Brooklyn 2-1
Location
January 16, 2024
1969 Bergen StBrooklyn, New York
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
- Name: Officer
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
- Name: Officer
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Melvin Butler
- Age: 39
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot
- Criminal act with stolen gun
- Guns stolen from law enforcement
Notes
2 NYPD officers shot, 1 to hand, 1 to leg while arresting DV suspect who had assaulted mother. Suspect grabbed one officers gun during takedown and fired; suspect also shot
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
Sources
District
Congressional District: 8State Senate District: 25
State House District: 55