1 injured in Bronx shooting involving off-duty police officer

Off-duty officer-involved shooting in the Bronx

An investigation is underway into what led an off-duty NYPD officer to shoot a man in the arm on Thursday evening.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating a shooting involving an off-duty officer in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon.

Authorities say that at around 3:05 p.m., a 42-year-old man walked into a store on White Plains Road and 229th Street in the Wakefield neighborhood and got into an argument with an off-duty NYPD officer who was also in the store.

During the dispute, the off-duty police officer fired his weapon once, striking the man once in the left arm and subsequently grazing the man's chest.

"I know the officer," said Ryan Willis, a barber who was cutting heir just a few doors away from where the shooting happened. "He's a people person. He's always around."

The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he is being treated. He is likely to recover.

Authorities have not released the names of the people involved in the shooting, including the off-duty officer.

The NYPD's Enforcement Investigation Division is leading the investigation into the shooting.