An NYPD officer assigned to safeguard both Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence and City Hall has been suspended following an incident in which he allegedly shot a man in the head while off duty.
The altercation unfolded on Monday around 9 p.m. in the Bronx. According to the NYPD, the officer had engaged with a group of men concerning a stolen vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Although the officer’s identity remains undisclosed, he has been suspended from duty without pay. As of Thursday morning, no charges have been filed, nor has he been arrested, according to police reports.
The NYPD has confirmed that their Force Investigation Division is actively probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting, as conveyed to The Associated Press by a department spokesperson.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the NYPD for further comments.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the NYPD.
The victim, identified only as a 30-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said.
The shooting happened in the Bronx on Monday at around 9 p.m. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The city’s official mayoral residence is a stately home known as Gracie Mansion located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.
A manager of a bar across the street from where the shooting occurred said one of the business’s windows was struck and cracked by gunfire.
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is investigating the shooting. (Fox News)
Nobody inside the establishment was harmed in the shooting.
“Imagine if someone was sitting in that window at that time,” the bar’s manager, Ada Gomez, told The Associated Press.
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