Off-duty NYPD cop shoots assailant dead during ‘moped ambush’ with second suspect still at large

Deputy Chief Eric Pagan, an executive officer of the Patrol Borough of Manhattan North, spoke to reporters in the early hours of Monday - (NYPD/Facebook)

An off-duty officer from the New York City Police Department shot dead an alleged assailant during a moped ambush, with the second suspect still at large.

The incident unfolded just after 9.45 p.m. on Sunday outside a residential building in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, according to NYPD officials.