2 officers, another man shot in Brooklyn

Officers William Reddin and Andrew Yurkiw were in stable condition after the 3:30 a.m. encounter, which happened as multiple officers converged and fired at an armed driver who had pointed a gun at some of the officers, fled and then rammed a police vehicle, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

Two NYPD officers were wounded in a shootout with a New Jersey man in Brooklyn early Saturday morning, authorities say. “The other will be out soon fully recovered”, deBlasio said. When Redding and Yurkiw approached Funes in a Nissan Maxima, he allegedly pointed a revolver at them and drove off.

Funes has four prior arrests in NY, all of which are sealed, a police spokesman said. The New York Post also attributed the possibility of “friendly fire” to a police source. He was in critical condition.

According to officials the suspect, Jamal Funes, was shot multiple times. At the corner of Lexington Ave and Malcolm X Boulevard, the suspect, traveling the wrong way, rammed a responding marked patrol vehicle from the 83 Precinct. Mayor de Blasio said in a statement that the officers “were alert”, although he declined to give their names.

Ballistic tests released Sunday night show that the bullet that struck Officer Yurkiw in his vest was sacked from the suspect’s.

This. 357 revolver was recovered from the front seat of a suspect’s vehicle after two officers were injured during a shootout in Brooklyn early Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, the NYPD said.

No working phone number for Funes’ family could immediately be found. It’s unclear whether he has a lawyer who can comment.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Saturday that the investigation into whose bullets hit 33-year-old officer William Reddin and 29-year-old officer Andrew Yurkiw is complex and involves six other officers.

Redding, who has two children with a third on the way, has spent nine years on the force, Mayor de Blasio said from Kings County Hospital Saturday morning.

Whether Funes shot at police also remained unclear.

Officers engaged the man, firing at him and striking him several times.

Funes was convicted of assault in NY in 2007 and served prison time. One of the officers was hit in the chest area of his protective vest. The officers followed in pursuit and radioed for backup.