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Off-duty cops involved in wild shootout

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Two off-duty police officers exchanged gunfire with two suspects during a shootout in the Windsor Terrace section of Brooklyn this morning.

Eyewitness News has learned the officers, an off-duty lieutenant and a sergeant, pulled up on an attempted robbery at 16th Street and Seventh Avenue just after midnight.

They attempted to stop the robbery, and the suspects opened fire. The two officers returned fire, and the suspects fled on foot.

The officers called for backup and were able to catch up with the suspects several blocks away at Prospect Park West and 15th Street.

According to police the two suspects were taken into custody and charges against them are pending. Two guns recovered at the scene.

Officials say the sergeant was admitted to Methodist Hospital, where he was taken for chest pains. The other officer, a the special operations lieutenant in the 77th Precinct, was not injured.

The person who the victim of the initial robbery was also not hurt.

(Copyright ©2009 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

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