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NYPD officer shot in Brooklyn, 10th cop shot in NYC in 2022

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Updated  December 21, 2022 5:16pm EST
Clinton Hill
FOX 5 NY

NYPD officer shot in Brooklyn, 10th in 2022

A domestic dispute in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn on Wednesday morning set off a wild chain of events that ended in a NYPD officer and a suspect getting shot. The incident is the 10th time a NYPD officer has been shot so far this year.

NEW YORK - An NYPD officer was shot in the foot on Wednesday morning while responding to a domestic violence call.

It happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Gates Ave. in Clinton Hill.

The officer responded to a call for help during a domestic dispute.  A woman says a male friend was damaging the wall and was refusing to leave.

An NYPD officer checks under a car at a crime scene in Bed-Stuy on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.

An NYPD officer checks under a car at a crime scene in Brooklyn on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.

Two officers responded.  As they attempted to arrest him a struggle broke out.  The suspect pulled a gun and shot one of the officers in the right foot and then ran away.

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Other NYPD officers caught up with him a short distance away on Monroe St.  Two officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect.  He was shot in the left thigh.

The NYPD identified the suspect as 41-year-old Raheem Joye.  He was expected to survive.

10 NYPD OFFICERS SHOT IN 2022

This marks the 10th shooting of an NYPD officer in 2022.

The officer who was shot is a 7-year veteran of the department.  He was not immediately identified but is married with children.

Mayor Eric Adams visited him at Kings County Hospital.  He was released later in the day to cheers and applause.

Wounded NYPD officer released from the hospital

An NYPD officer who was shot early on Wednesday headed home by the afternoon.

The NYPD says they found a 9mm at the crime scene.  Joye has 17 prior arrests in Georgia, according to the NYPD.  Two of the prior arrests were weapons-related.  Police say he was also wanted on an outstanding warrant in Troy, NY.