An NYPD lieutenant was shot in the ankle while apprehending a suspect in the Bronx Saturday night, bodycam video released shows.
It happened at around midnight Saturday near Lyman Place and East 169th Street in the Foxhurst section.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said a group of four officers confronted an armed suspect after a brief foot chase.
When cops caught up with the man, identified as 26-year-old Jerome Roman, a “violent struggle ensued,” Shea said.
During the struggle, Roman fired off one round, striking the lieutenant in the ankle.
Shea said the shell casing got jammed in the pistol’s barrel, preventing Roman from firing again.
The officer was taken to Jacobi Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, sources said.
Shea said Roman is a member of the Lyman Place Bosses and is known to police, with several prior weapons-related arrests.
He was charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest.