An off-duty NYPD officer was assaulted and had his firearm taken after a dispute between two groups at a Manhattan restaurant early Friday.
According to police, an off-duty officer was at Empanada Mama on Ninth Avenue with a second man, when the pair got into a dispute with another group of four men.
A fistfight broke out; at some point, cops say, someone punched the off-duty officer in the face and took his gun.
The suspects reportedly fled southbound on Ninth Avenue in a grey Dodge Charger. The officer was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
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