NYC Shooting: 2 US Marshals, NYPD Detective Shot, Suspect Wounded In West Village
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UPDATE 2:43 p.m. EDT: Charles Mozdir, a 32-year-old wedding photographer, was identified as the suspect, according to the Daily News. He was wanted for allegedly sexually abusing a boy in California.
UPDATE 2:27 p.m. EDT: The suspect was wanted in a sexual assault case, the Associated Press reported.
UPDATE 2:21 p.m. EDT: The marshals and the detective suffered non-life-threatening injuries, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference, according to breakingnews.com.
UPDATE 2:09 p.m. EDT: The suspect is dead, the Daily News reports. Authorities were looking for a sex offender in the area when the shooting erupted. It's unclear if the suspect was that sex offender.
Original story:
Two U.S. marshals and a New York City police detective were shot in Manhattan and the suspect was wounded Monday afternoon as gunfire erupted in the West Village, the NYPD said.
Officials did not give the conditions of the victims and suspect, nor did they elaborate on the circumstances of the shootings, the New York Daily News reported. NBC New York said the shootings occurred near West 4th and Jones streets in the West Village.
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