An NYPD detective was shot in the leg in Brooklyn Friday morning.

It happened on Decatur Street after 6:40 a.m. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section.

The NYPD had been attempting to locate the suspect, 33-year-old Kelvin Stichel, for weeks when they spotted him on their way to another location. He was wanted in a domestic armed robbery, among other things, according to the NYPD.

As they drove by they gave chase, and eventually got out of the unmarked police car and chased after Stichel. Officers say they identified themselves and ordered him to display his hands, but that’s when Stichel opened fire.

The suspect is said to have fired approximately six rounds at officers, with the police returning several rounds.

The detective, assigned to the Brooklyn North Warrants Squad, was rushed to Kings County Hospital by fellow officers in a police cruiser.

The detective is expected to survive and was conscious and alert at the hospital. He is a seven-year veteran of the NYPD.

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Police returned fire and hit him one time in the arm. The shot officer, a seven-year veteran of the department, was hit once in the upper right thigh; O’Neill said the bullet appeared to have passed straight through his leg and that he was conscious and alert while speaking with doctors at the hospital. No other cops were shot. Stichel ran off after the gunfire and was later apprehended in a hallway. O’Neill said the gun was recovered nearby. He estimated the suspect had fired about six shots and that his officers fired “multiple rounds.”

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