NYPD officers got into a shootout with a robbery suspect outside a Chelsea club early Friday, cops said.
Plainclothes cops in NYPD windbreakers were patrolling around West 21st Street and Sixth Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. when a bouncer at the Doux nightclub alerted them to a robbery in progress outside, police said.
When officers arrived, two suspects were mugging a person near the nightclub, police said.
The officers went to intervene, and one of the suspects opened fire on them, cops said.
According to the NYPD, the cops returned fire.
ABC 7 NY reported that there were people in the street at the time and that one of the bullets allegedly struck an Uber.
A photo taken at the scene showed a bullet hole in the side of a parked vehicle.
Cops and a robbery suspect exchanged gunfire outside a nightclub in Chelsea overnight. No injuries were reported, and the crook and a cohort fled the scene. Seth Gottfried
The shootout took place outside the Doux nightclub on West 21st Street before 3 a.m. when a pair of crooks attempted to rob a person. Seth Gottfried
There were people outside at the time of the shooting, but no one was struck by gunfire. Seth Gottfried
A bullet hole is seen in a parked car at the scene of the overnight shootout. Seth Gottfried
Cops said the suspects sped away in a light-colored sedan, possibly an Audi. Seth GottfriedNo injuries were reported.
The robbers, described as wearing black hoodies, sped away in a light-colored sedan, possibly an Audi, police said.
The getaway vehicle was last seen heading westbound on West 21st Street toward Seventh Avenue.
