EAST HARLEM– At 7:57PM on Tuesday evening, NYPD Officers from the “Special Victims Unit” were driving an unmarked vehicle and wearing plain clothes when they observed a male shoot another male and 102nd Street and 1st Avenue.
The officers reportedly exited their vehicle and confronted the suspect.
Highly credible sources tell Breaking911.com that the suspect turned his gun on one of the officers – leading to the oficer firing his weapon, striking the suspect in the chest.
At the scene a .22 gun and 3 shell casings were recovered.
The victim was identified as 21-year-old Rajeev S. Gobia. He had walked into Metropolitan Hospital. Doctors report that he has a bullet entry to the right thigh and a flesh wound to the left side of the groin. He is being treated at Harlem Hospital.
The suspect is 26-year-old Wilvinson A. Diaz – who was shot in the chest by the officer.
Both are expected to survive.
The Officer who fired his weapon was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, it’s unclear the extent of his/her injuries.
