The officers opened fire on an alleged subway fare evader who brandished a knife, police said. The only bullets fired appeared to have been by the officers, according to the chief of department.
Police said the NYPD is investigating a "friendly fire" shooting at a Brooklyn subway station Sunday that left one cop and two bystanders wounded -- while the officers involved remain on active duty.
The knife a Brooklyn subway fare-beater was carrying, prompting NYPD cops to open fire — wounding the suspect, one of the officers and two bystanders — was stolen from the crime scene during the ...