Two New York police officers injured in Queens shooting
Two police officers have been injured in a shooting in the New York City borough of Queens.
The NYPD was warning people to avoid the Corona area.
The shooting was reported at 1pm on Tuesday.
ADVISORY: Please avoid the area of 146th Road and 179th Street in Queens due to police activity. Expect a large police presence and traffic in the area. pic.twitter.com/GYh5kh5ws3
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 24, 2020
New York is reeling from soaring gun crime.
On Sunday night seven people were taken to hospital after a shooting at a teenage party in the Bedford Stuyvestant district of Brooklyn. On Saturday afternoon in Harlem a man was robbed for his neck chain and shot in the chest, dying later in hospital.
