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A New York City Police Department officer assigned to security at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence and City Hall has been suspended after authorities said he shot a man in the head while off duty.
The shooting occurred on Monday around 9 p.m. in the Bronx after the officer interacted with several men in connection with a stolen car, according to the NYPD.
The officer, who has not been publicly identified, has not been arrested or charged with any crime as of Thursday morning, police said. He has been suspended without pay.
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A New York City Police Department officer working security at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence has been suspended after he shot a man while off duty. (Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)
An NYPD spokesperson told The Associated Press that the department’s Force Investigative Division is investigating the shooting.
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The victim, identified only as a 30-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said.
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The shooting occurred in the Bronx on Monday 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 official residence of the city’s mayor is a stately home known as Gracie Mansion located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.
A manager at a bar across the street from where the shooting occurred said one of the business’s windows was hit and broken by the gunfire.
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is investigating the shooting. (Fox News)
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No one inside the establishment was injured in the shooting.
“Imagine if someone was sitting in that window at that moment,” bar manager Ada Gomez told The Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.