NEW YORK — The relative of an off-duty New York police officer shot in the head and critically wounded in a Brooklyn Facebook Marketplace robbery grabbed the wounded officer’s gun and fired back at the assailant, police sources said Sunday.
The manhunt continued Sunday afternoon for the robber who shot the 26-year-old officer in East New York at about 7 p.m. Saturday. Meanwhile, the officer’s family and fellow cops kept vigil at Brookdale University Hospital, hoping he pulls through.
The officer and his relative, described as either a brother or brother-in-law, were planning to buy a Honda Pilot for $20,000 through Facebook Marketplace, sources said.
