An 20-year-old man was shot and wounded by police after pulling a gun and attempting to rob plainclothes detective in Brooklyn.
It happened at Monroe Street and Bedford Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Police say three plainclothes detectives were investigating a past robbery in the area when one of the detectives was approached by three males.
Police say one of the men pulled out a firearm and demanded his property. Police say the detective then fired his firearm, striking the 18-year-old suspect in the arm and torso. The suspect was hospitalized in stable condition.
Police say a second suspect, a 16-year-old male, is in custody and a third suspect is being sought.
Police say a firearm was recovered.
(AP)
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if you kill them they can not threaten someone else. you save a bunch of taxpayer money and lessen the load on the court system and jails.