An NYPD officer is in custody in Suffolk County after allegedly firing a gun twice into the air during a dispute with his girlfriend, law enforcement sources said Friday.
Suffolk County PD responded to an address in Patchogue just before 2 a.m. and took Ofc. Miguel Torres into custody, the sources said. Torres is assigned to the NYPD's 23rd Precinct, which covers a mostly residential area of East Harlem.
His duty status was not immediately clear as of mid-morning Friday.
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