One NYPD officer was stabbed in the head Saturday night near Times Square amid New Year’s Eve celebrations.
A second NYPD officer was struck with a pipe or a blunt object.
The suspect was shot by police and taken into custody.
The police officer was rushed to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.
According to the New York Post, the injured police officer was a rookie on his first day on the job.
The suspect, a 19-year-old, was shot in the shoulder and taken to a nearby hospital.
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The New York Post reported:
A rookie police officer on his first day on the job was stabbed with a machete on New Year’s Eve — just blocks from the heart of the celebrations in Times Square, according to police sources.
The officer — who graduated Friday and was assigned to a Staten Island precinct but was working the New Year’s Eve detail for the night — was stationed at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue when the machete-wielding madman approached him and another officer around 9:30 p.m., NYPD sources told The Post.
The rookie cop was slashed in the head, prompting another cop to shoot the suspect, striking him in the shoulder, the sources said.
The suspect, a 19-year-old, was arrested and taken to Bellevue Hospital.
The stabbed officer was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover. The other officer was also struck with the weapon but not seriously injured.
