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Two New York City police officers were shot in a Brooklyn apartment on Tuesday after a man grabbed a service weapon from one officer during a skirmish that unfolded as the officers responded to a call about a domestic dispute, officials said.
One officer was shot in the left hand, and the other was shot in the left leg, according to officials, who did not identify the officers beyond saying one had been with the Police Department for nine and a half years and the other was a 16-year department veteran.
The man who grabbed the officer’s gun, Melvin Butler, was shot several times during the altercation and was in critical but stable condition at Kings County Hospital, officials said. He had not been charged as of Tuesday evening, officials said.
Although neither of the officers’ injuries were life-threatening, Mayor Eric Adams described the shooting as a “horrific incident.”