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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Suspended After Bronx Shooting That Left Man Critically Injured

Surveillance video captures a single shot piercing the car, then shattering a bar window across the street.

Overview

  • The shooting occurred around 9:10–9:15 p.m. on March 16 on West 231st Street near Albany Crescent in Kingsbridge.
  • A 30-year-old man was shot in the head and taken by private means to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
  • Authorities identified the officer as 44-year-old Jonathan Baez, assigned to the NYPD Intelligence Division with prior Gracie Mansion detail.
  • Department officials said Baez was stripped of his badge and gun and suspended without pay as the Force Investigation Division examines the incident.
  • NYPD sources say the off-duty officer had tracked a vehicle reported stolen from his family, and video shows the bullet piercing the driver’s-side window before a nearby bar’s window was struck.