Two Police Officers Shot In The Bronx

Two NYPD officers were shot while on routine patrol inside a public housing complex in the Bronx Tuesday night, but both are expected to be survive, law enforcement sources say.

REUTERS/Shannon StapletonA police body camera is seen on an officer during a news conference on the pilot program involving 60 NYPD officers dubbed “Big Brother” at the NYPD police academy in the Queens borough of New York, December 3, 2014.

And a spokesman with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) could say only that a call came in at 8:05 p.m. of two people shot at 320 East 156th St.

Sources said the suspect was in critical condition.

The officers were patrolling a building when they encountered three men in hallway and asked them whether they lived in the building, the sources said.

Police are searching for a possible second suspect.

The shooting happened less than five miles from where Mayor Bill de Blasio was delivering his State of the City speech.

Spokeswoman Karen Hinton said he was briefed as soon as he left the stage and was headed to the hospital.

In the speech, de Blasio was expected to announce a new collaboration with NYPD and the city’s district attorneys to hasten prosecution of gun crimes.