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A New York City Police Department officer assigned to protect Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence and City Hall has been suspended after authorities said he shot a man in the head while off-duty.
According to the NYPD, the shooting occurred around 9 p.m. Monday in the Bronx after officers interviewed several people in reference to a stolen car.
The officer, who has not been publicly identified, had not been arrested or charged with a crime as of Thursday morning, police said. He has been suspended without pay.
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A New York City Police Department officer working security at the residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani was suspended after he shot a man while off-duty. (Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)
An NYPD spokesperson told The Associated Press that the department’s Force Investigations Division is investigating the shooting.
Fox News Digital has contacted the NYPD.
The victim, identified as a 30-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition, officials said.
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The shooting happened in the Bronx at around 9 pm on Monday night. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The city’s official mayoral residence is a stately home known as Gracie Mansion located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.
The manager of a bar across the street from where the shooting occurred said a window at the business was damaged and broken by the gunfire.
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is investigating the shooting. (Fox News)
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No one inside the establishment was harmed in the firing.
“Imagine if there was someone sitting at that window at that time,” bar manager Ada Gomez told The Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
