A seven-year NYPD officer was shot in the foot and a suspect wounded during a struggle -- and then a brief police chase -- following a call about a man smashing a woman's wall in Brooklyn Wednesday, authorities say.
The officer, Orlando Adorno, was one of four who responded to a 911 call from a woman at a Gates Avenue apartment building in Bedford-Stuyvesant shortly before 9 a.m., officials said.
Police said at a late-morning news briefing that a woman had called 911 saying her male friend was damaging her third-floor apartment wall and refusing to leave. The wounded officer and three others were met in front of the building by the duo when they arrived at the scene. After an investigation, it was determined the man would be arrested on a criminal mischief charge, NYPD officials said. A struggle ensued as the officers tried to handcuff him.
One shot was fired, striking Adorno in the right foot. The suspect then took off.
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According to police, he ran east one block down Gates Avenue, then southbound a block on Bedford Avenue and turned east again on Monroe. Four police officers were in close pursuit, two on foot and two in a vehicle, officials said, adding the suspect had the gun in his hand during the chase.
The officers confronted the suspect on Monroe Street and shots were exchanged. NYPD officers fired six times -- one of the two cops on foot fired five bullets, the other fired one -- and the suspect was hit twice in the thigh. He fired three shots in total during the fray, police officials said. Two shell casings were recovered from the Monroe Street scene and another was recovered from in front of the Gates Avenue apartment building. A handgun was also recovered.
Officials said they were awaiting trace results on the weapon, but it had not been reported stolen. They identified the suspect as 41-year-old Raheen Joye of Brooklyn. Joye has 17 prior arrests in Georgia between 1998 and 2014. Most were for low-level drugs and a DWI, but he also was cuffed twice on weapons-related charges -- in 2005 and 2007.
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Joye also has an outstanding warrant for weapons possession out of Troy, New York, they added.
Adorno is expected to fully recover, authorities said, describing him as a husband, father and dedicated cop.
He is the 10th NYPD officer shot in nine separate incidents while on duty this year, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said -- and lauded the department, and emergency personnel, for their heroic efforts and continued bravery.
"The shootings of your NYPD officers go back to New Year's Day this year and here we are again as this year comes to a close," Sewell said. "The strength and resilience of the NYPD will never waver."
"Our members have sworn to help, to face danger, to assist the victims of crime and apprehend dangerous criminals across this city every day -- and as we have seen, it is at great risk to themselves," she added.
Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer himself, said he had spoken with the injured officer, along with his wife and brother, at the hospital.
"It is clear he is resilient about dealing with the violence in our city," the Democrat said.
