A verbal dispute at a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant turned into a fistfight, and an off-duty cop had his gun stripped. Chopper 4 was over the scene.
An off-duty NYPD officer was assaulted and had his firearm taken after a dispute between two groups at a Manhattan restaurant early Friday.
According to police, an off-duty officer was at Empanada Mama on Ninth Avenue with a second man, when the pair got into a dispute with another group of four men.
A fistfight broke out; at some point, cops say, someone punched the off-duty officer in the face and took his gun.
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The suspects reportedly fled southbound on Ninth Avenue in a grey Dodge Charger. The officer was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
This is a developing story.
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