A NYPD officer was shot and wounded and a robbery suspect was critically injured in an exchange of gunfire at a Queens shopping mall Tuesday night, according to police sources.
The officer was responding to a robbery in progress at the Jamaica Center, on 161st Street, when gunfire erupted between the cop and the suspect, the sources said.
The cop was shot in the leg and rushed to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.
The alleged burglar — who was reportedly wanted for other robberies — was shot multiple times and gravely wounded, sources said.
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