A gun-toting man who showed up outside a Queens police station Tuesday night was shot by cops, police sources said.
The armed man was outside the NYPD’s 111th Precinct facility on the corner of 215th St. and Northern Blvd. in Bayside around 7 p.m., sources said.
After shooting him, police performed CPR on the gunman as medics rushed to the scene. He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. There was no immediate word on the man’s condition.
Police are investigating if the gunman may have been looking to die at the hands of cops, according to the sources.
In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded. No officers were injured in the shooting.
It was the second police-involved shooting in the city on Tuesday.
An ex-con on parole shot and wounded an NYPD detective before he was shot by cops during a wild four-hour standoff on the Lower East Side early Tuesday, officials said.
Detective Terry Avent, a 21-year veteran and member of the NYPD’s elite Emergency Service Unit, was executing a search warrant in the Vladeck Houses on Madison St. when 35-year-old Edwin Rivera opened fire at the officers, striking the detective in the shoulder.
Officers fired back, striking Rivera multiple times in the side. Both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where they are expected to recover.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.