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After a deadly gang-related shooting in Bushwick Wednesday night, 28-year-old NYPD officer Brian McGurran walked out of Kings County Hospital the next afternoon in what the NYPD called a show of “resilience and bravery”.
McGurran was shot three times after exchanging gunfire with a 26-year-old suspect believed to be involved in the deadly gang shooting when the officers exchanged gunfire near Saratoga Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant Wednesday night. The suspect was shot in his leg and is in stable condition at Brookdale Hospital.
In a press conference last night, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says the events began with a gunman opening fire into a white SUV. The SUV crashed a short time later, where one occupant was found killed, one with a nonfatal gunshot wound and a third wasn’t injured. He added that all three are believed to be gang members.
Earlier tonight an NYPD Officer was shot 3 times while on patrol in Brooklyn. @NYPDShea shares details of this incident. pic.twitter.com/PpE0zPCeDi
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 13, 2021
He continued on saying three officers in an unmarked police vehicle spotted a man running near Saratoga Park. The officers exited their vehicle and the suspect immediately pulled a gun and started shooting, exchanging gunfire with two of the officers including McGurran, when he was hit in the bulletproof vest, leg, and buttocks.
The video of McGurran leaving the hospital can be seen here:
Late last night, Police Officer McGurran, from the @NYPD81Pct, was shot while attempting to stop an individual with a gun. Today, he walked out of @KingsCountyHosp under his own volition, showing the resilience and bravery of our officers. pic.twitter.com/b2aRlXxfc5
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 13, 2021
