An off-duty NYPD officer shot a man who allegedly tried to rob her and her husband in Penn Station on Wednesday evening, according to sources.
The cop was on her way home with her husband, a police officer who was also off-duty at the time, in the busy Midtown commuter hub around 7 p.m., when a 32-year-old male suspect allegedly attempted to rob the pair, sources said.
She discharged a firearm and struck the suspect near Long Island Rail Road track 18, sources added.
An off-duty NYPD officer shot a man who allegedly tried to rob her and her husband in Penn Station around 7 p.m. Wednesday. Christopher Sadowski
The alleged attacker is in stable condition. Christopher Sadowski
An off-duty NYPD officer shot a man who tried to rob her and her husband inside Pennsylvania Station. Christopher SadowskiThe robbery suspect was transported to a local hospital in stable condition, according to the NYPD.
“Due to a police investigation, please avoid the vicinity of West 34th Street between 8th and 7th Avenues,” the NYPD wrote on X.
“Expect delays and heavy traffic in the surrounding area.”
The NYPD told people to avoid the general area because of the ongoing police investigation. Peter Gerber
The incident happened around 7 p.m. Christopher SadowskiThere was a heavy police presence and caution tape wrapped around the platform of LIRR tracks 18 and 19 in the aftermath of the shooting, photos showed.
Commuter John Leahy was near tracks 20 and 21 when he heard screaming “like drunk young men having an altercation.”
“There was a train scheduled to go to Long Beach and they suddenly canceled that saying there was police activity at the station,” Leahy recalled to The Post.
There was a heavy police presence in the aftermath of the shooting. Christopher Sadowski“That was still rush hour. I can’t imagine someone trying to pull a robbery during rush hour.”
The incident remains under investigation.
