The 121st Precinct confirmed the news on Twitter and asked people to pray for the officers.
The officers were reportedly responding to a robbery call when they were shot at East 184th Street and Tiebout Avenue in the Fordham section.
shot at East 184th Street and Tiebout Avenue in the Fordham section.
One officer was shot in the back and the other was shot in the arm, according to unconfirmed reports.
They were transported to St. Barnabus Hospital and are expected to survive, according to police.
The B, D, and No. 4 trains are bypassing the 182nd and 183rd streets due to NYPD activity at 183rd Street.
The shooting comes just 1 day after Det. Wenjian Liu was laid to rest.
Liu and Det. Rafael were ambushed and fatally shot in their squad car Dec. 20th by Ismaaiyl Brinsley in Bed-Stuy.
The shooting sparked tensions between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the department, prompting officers to turn their backs on the de Blasio at the funerals for both Liu and Ramos.
On Monday, de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton scolded the officers, calling the protests “disrespectful.”
The officers were reportedly responding to a robbery call when they were shot at East 184th Street and Tiebout Avenue in the Fordham section.
shot at East 184th Street and Tiebout Avenue in the Fordham section.
One officer was shot in the back and the other was shot in the arm, according to unconfirmed reports.
They were transported to St. Barnabus Hospital and are expected to survive, according to police.
The B, D, and No. 4 trains are bypassing the 182nd and 183rd streets due to NYPD activity at 183rd Street.
The shooting comes just 1 day after Det. Wenjian Liu was laid to rest.
Liu and Det. Rafael were ambushed and fatally shot in their squad car Dec. 20th by Ismaaiyl Brinsley in Bed-Stuy.
The shooting sparked tensions between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the department, prompting officers to turn their backs on the de Blasio at the funerals for both Liu and Ramos.
On Monday, de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton scolded the officers, calling the protests “disrespectful.”