Cop shot in QueensAn off-duty cop driving a neon-green BMW with the license plate “SHEEESH’’ was shot in an apparent ambush in Queens on Sunday, law-enforcement sources said.Two men were taken into custody after the shooting at the intersection of 31st Road and 21st Street in Astoria around 6:30 a.m., where authorities found the 25-year-old NYPD officer suffering from a graze wound to his leg, sources told The Post.Two men were taken into custody after the shooting. Dakota Santiago/FreedomNewsTVPhotos showed the off-duty cop’s BMW M4 coupe with a bullet hole in its front windshield.The injured officer, who was not immediately identified, was taken to a nearby hospital and listed in stable condition.The two men taken into custody were both wearing black clothing and blue surgical, sources said.They had been seen near the scene of the shooting and fled afterward in a gray Nissan sedan but were quickly apprehended, sources said.Both men, who were not publicly identified or charged in the cop shooting as of Sunday afternoon, have a long rap sheet, with one arrested more than 10 times for robbery, rape, and aggravated harassment since 2014, law-enforcement sources said.An off-duty NYPD officer was wounded during the shooting. G.N.Miller/NYPostThe sex offender is also under investigation for a subway slashing that took place last month.The other suspect has been previously arrested for using counterfeit money, including earlier this month at a CVS, as well as other crimes, according to sources.Michelle Talton, 59, an usher at the Astoria Baptist Church near the shooting, said she was shocked by the violence.A bullet hole was seen in the windshield of the G.N.Miller/NYPost“It’s crazy,” she said. “I think it’s terrible. It’s not safe anymore. This is not a common place for these kinds of things to happen.“Anyone could have been hurt behind this. You see this every day. Stray bullets killing people,” Talton added.Local Elizabeth Sanchez, 34, added, “This area is supposed to be a safe place, but I guess not.“This is really bad. This is crazy,” she said while walking by the crime scene.The suspects were seen wearing black and fleeing the scene in a Nissan before their arrest. G.N.Miller/NYPostThe Police Benevolent Association wrote on X, “Grateful that our police officer will be OK and suspects are already in custody.“But this attack is yet another symptom of the message on our streets, which has emboldened criminals and put cops and all NYers at risk. We need our justice system to step up and help us change that message,” the cop union said.The shooting took place outside a ShotSpotter zone, where acoustic sensors are placed to identify and locate gunfire.This is a developing story. Check back later for more details.
