Off-duty NYC Correction officer hit by stray bullet in Queens

The off-duty police officer (not pictured) declined medical consideration.
Paul Martinka

An off-duty metropolis Correction officer was grazed by a stray bullet whereas driving alongside the Cross Island Parkway in Queens, authorities stated.

The 40-year-old officer was heading southbound on the parkway on the Lengthy Island Expressway in a non-public car, shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, when he was hit, an NYPD spokesman stated.

The off-duty officer declined medical consideration, the division spokesman stated.

“It seems to be like a stray bullet. It’s nonetheless below investigation,” an NYPD spokesman stated.

A spokesman for the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Affiliation declined fast touch upon the “ongoing investigation.”