Brooklyn Detective Shot In Bed-Stuy Chasing Wanted Man, Cops Say

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN -- An NYPD detective was shot Friday morning while chasing down a man wanted for armed robbery, police officials said.

Kelvin Stichel, 33, shot the Brooklyn North Warrant Squad detective in the leg near the corner of Decatur Street near Throop Avenue at about 6:40 a.m., Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced at a press conference.

The detective had been riding in an unmarked police car on Fulton Street near Kingston Avenue when he spotted Stichel, wanted for armed home robbery, walking in the opposite direction, O'Neill said

When the officers made a U-turn to follow the gunman, Stichel started running toward Throop Avenue, then turned onto Decatur Street, said O'Neill.

Officers hopped out of the car and surrounded Stichel, who began firing and shot the detective in the upper right thigh, the NYPD commissioner said.

Stichel fled when the three cops pulled out their guns and started shooting at him, but they caught up with Stichel inside a residential building hallway at 39 Kingston Ave., according to O'Neill.

Investigators found a gun, which police believe to be Stichel's, in a nearby garbage can.

Stichel, whose previous arrests include assaulting a police officer, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for an apparent gun wound, police said.

The detective, who has seven years with the NYPD, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was treated and later released, said police.

"This morning's incident highlights the dangerous work the NYPD's men and women perform on daily basis," the NYPD Commissioner said. "We should be grateful for the outcome today."

The area near Decatur Street was blocked off and C trains skipped the nearby Kingston-Throop Avenue station Friday morning as the NYPD continued to investigate, according to police and MTA officials.

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