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NYPD question 3 suspects after 2 more officers shot

Three suspects were being questioned Tuesday about the shootings of two New York City plainclothes police officers responding to a grocery store robbery, authorities say.

Both officers in stable condition after shooting following grocery store robbery

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Surveillance video shows the suspect who fired at two New York police officers Monday night along with the recovered firearm

Three suspects were being questioned Tuesday about the shootings of two New York City plainclothes police officers responding to a grocery store robbery, authorities said.

One of the suspects was seen on a surveillance video from the crime scene in the Bronx, police said. No charges have been filed.

Both officers are listed in stable condition.

The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. local time Monday. The officers were coming off their shift when they and three other plainclothes officers responded to the robbery report.
An NYPD officer stands next to a reward sign posted near the site of the shooting in the Bronx. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

"They went above and beyond the call to protect their fellow New Yorkers. Thank God the officers are doing well and will recover," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the hospital where the officers are recovering.

The shooting came about two weeks after two officers were fatally shot while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn, and on the same day that the city touted record low crime levels.

Thedeaths of the two officers raised tensions between police and de Blasio. Police unions said the mayor has stoked anti-police sentiment by supporting protests against the police killings of unarmed black men in New York and Missouri.

Corrections

  • An earlier version of this story erroneously contained a quote from police head William Bratton about job unrest and police protest activities that took place previous to this shooting, and that were not in reference to this incident.
    Jan 06, 2015 1:18 PM ET