2 NYC Officers and Gunman Are Shot and Wounded During Pursuit, Officials Say

NEW YORK—Two New York City police officers and a 19-year-old man were shot and wounded early Monday during a confrontation and were hospitalized, officials said. Mayor Eric Adams said one of the officers was saved by his bullet-resistant vest. The officers pursued the man while he was driving a motorized scooter the wrong way on a street in Queens around 1:40 a.m., Police Commissioner Edward Caban said at a news conference. The officers tried to pull him over, but he got off the scooter and ran away. The officers chased him on foot for several blocks, Mr. Caban said. He fired multiple rounds at officers, who returned fire, Mr. Caban said. One officer was shot in the front of his vest, and the other officer was shot in the leg....