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Three Housing
Authority officers were patrolling stairwells at the Melrose
Houses in the Bronx when they ran into two men. One of them
pulled out a gun and opened fire, officials said at a news
conference.
One of the officers was grazed in the head and the other was hit
in the leg, WCBS radio said. They were transported to Lincoln
Hospital in the Bronx.
Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that both officers were
alert and communicating.
"Our hearts and our prayers are with their families," said de
Blasio, who was giving his State of the City speech at Lehman
College about five blocks away.
Officials said the third officer chased the gunman into an
apartment where he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted
gunshot. Police said several suspects were in custody and a
handgun and a shotgun were recovered inside the apartment.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Lisa
Shumaker and Michael Perry)
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