- Officer who has not been named was found in a Honda Accord in middle of street
- Found around 11.05am Saturday at intersection of Wythe Avenue and Williamsburg Street in Brooklyn
- Police sources said man who has not been identified was arguing with girlfriend
- He was taken ot Elmhurst Hospital in Queens where he is in ‘stable condition’
An off-duty New York City police officer is recovering in a hospital after allegedly shooting himself in the chest during an argument with his girlfriend, police said.
The man, who has not been identified, was found by police inside a Honda Accord in the middle of the street at the intersection of Wythe Avenue and Williamsburg Street on Saturday around 11.05am, police said.
Police said in a memo that the officer was brought to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens and that he is ‘currently in stable condition’.
An off-duty New York City police officer is recovering in the hospital after he allegedly shot himself in the chest during an argument with his girlfriend (pictured: crime scene)
He was found inside a Honda Accord in the middle of the street at the intersection of Wythe Avenue and Williamsburg Street in Brooklyn
The New York Daily News reports that the officer currently works in the 94th Precinct in Greenpoint, which borders Williamsburg.
One officer told the Daily News that the shooting was a ‘possible suicide attempt’.
The man, who has not identified, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital and is in ‘stable condition’. Pictured: the intersection
He was apparently found in the passenger seat, while the girlfriend was in the driver’s seat.
‘This kind of stuff never happens here,’ a resident told the Daily News.
The intersection is in South Williamsburg near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The self-inflicted gunshot wound follows to suicides by off-duty NYPD officers in January.