Officer shot, 2nd slashed in Brooklyn hours into NYC curfew

NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer was shot and a second one slashed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, hours after a curfew that was intended to quell unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, police said.

Both officers were taken to a hospital with wounds that were not expected to be life-threatening, the police department said.

The shooting happened just before midnight on a commercial block in central Brooklyn. A third officer suffered a hand injury. Details on what led to the shooting weren’t immedi... (Read more)

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