An early Thursday shootout in Queens, New York, left an off-duty lieutenant with the New York Police Department injured and a robbery suspect dead, according to authorities.
Police responded to reports of a shooting around 3 a.m. EST outside a nightclub called La Boom and found two males with gunshot wounds lying on the ground.
Authorities identified one of the gunshot wound victims as the off-duty lieutenant and the other male as the suspected shooter, who is accused of using a semiautomatic handgun with an extended magazine that was recovered from the scene. "We always talk about getting guns off the street," he continued."… Yes, we've got to get guns off the street. We've got to get individuals carrying guns off the street. There's two parts to this – not just the gun. If you just get the gun and not the individual, he goes and gets another gun. We're missing it. These individuals carrying guns should not be on the street.
The off-duty officer sustained multiple gunshot wounds, according to NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea. Both the lieutenant and the suspect were transported to a nearby hospital; the lieutenant remains in critical but stable condition while the suspect was pronounced deceased at 3:35 a.m.Based on a preliminary investigation, officials believe the off-duty officer was present at the nightclub near the shooting incident.
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