Manhunt on for 2 suspected of shooting NYPD cops responding to robbery

RadioOnFire.com - A massive manhunt was on in New York after two NYPD officers were shot while trying to stop a robbery in the Bronx late Monday in the latest case of the nation’s largest police force coming under fire on the street.

Both Andrew Dossi and Aliro Pellarano, who had just finished a plainclothes tour, were expected to survive. The men were clocking out when a report came in of a robbery at a Chinese restaurant at about 10:30, prompting them to join a response team. Although authorities said they did not appear to be targeted, as two police shot dead in their squad car in Brooklyn last month were, the incident was a sobering reminder of the dangers of policing and of the current tension between the force and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who praised them at a news conference at St. Barnabas Hospital, where they were being treated early Tuesday.

"Thank God these officers are doing well," said de Blasio. "These officers did something that was extraordinarily brave. They did it as part of their commitment. These officers had just come off their shift and upon hearing this call went back out in search of these criminals. The work they do is so profoundly important in this instance where they went above and beyond the call to protect their fellow New Yorkers."

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