LONGWOOD, Bronx — Police said they have a man in custody in connection with two police-involved shootings in 12 hours in the Bronx.
Authorities described the man as a "career criminal," who in 2002 was convicted of attempted murder.
Surveillance video (above) shows a man walked into the 41st precinct in Longwood—and then opened fired around 8 a.m on Sunday.
An officer was shot in the arm but is expected to be OK, authorities said.
This shooting comes after an attack on two officers Saturday night, just blocks away.
One of the officers in that shooting was hit in the chin by a bullet but is conscious and recovering in the hospital.
In at late-morning press conference, Mayor Bill DeBlasio expressed gratitude that the officers who were shot are alive. "An at attack on a police officers is an attack on all of us," DeBlasio said.
Police said the two incidents are related.
Authorities said they expect both officers to recover from the shootings.
Source: PIX 11
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