New Details Released About Suspect In 'Targeted Attack' On NYPD Cop

YONKERS, NY — A 30-year-old Port Chester man has been identified in the ambush and shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer in Yonkers. Investigators say the police officer and the shooter were acquaintances.

The Yonkers Police Department has released details about the arrest of the suspect in the shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer that took place on Tuesday.

Shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Yonkers police responded to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of the Saw Mill River Parkway and Tompkins Avenue. They then received a a call from an area hospital that a male was being treated for a gunshot wound to his arm. Police secured the victim and located the crime scene of Tompkins Ave. at Railroad Ave., just east of the Saw Mill River Parkway. The area was cordoned off for a criminal investigation.

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Detectives from the Major Case Squad, the Crime Scene Unit, and the Digital Forensics Unit found that the victim was sitting in traffic in his vehicle, waiting to enter the Saw Mill River Parkway. While in his vehicle, he was approached from behind by a suspect who fired approximately 13 gunshots at him before fleeing. One of the bullets struck the victim in his right arm. The victim then drove himself to an area hospital for treatment.

The victim, whose name YPD is not releasing, is a 27-year-old resident of Yonkers. He is an NYPD officer who was off-duty at the time of the incident. The man was treated and later released from a local hospital. No other injuries or property damage were found.

Shortly after the incident, the Yonkers Police Department was able to identify a vehicle wanted in connection with the shooting and, with the help of the Westchester County Police Department and the Westchester County Real-Time Crime Center, were able to locate the vehicle in Port Chester.

Around 4 p.m. on the same day, the Yonkers Police Department, along with members of the Westchester County Police Department, the FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, and the Port Chester Police Department, took a person of interest into custody without incident.

The investigation continued over the following days, resulting in the formal arrest Thursday evening of 30-year-old Bryan Martinez of Port Chester.

Police say they determined that the targeted attack stemmed from a personal dispute between the victim and Martinez, who were known to each other as acquaintances through family members.

Martinez was charged with second degree attempted murder, first degree assault, second degree assault, and second degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is currently at the Yonkers City Jail and will be arraigned in the City of Yonkers Criminal Court on Friday.

"We do not stand for acts of violence in this City, let alone violence that amounts to gunshots being fired at an off-duty Police Officer," YPD Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said. "I applaud our Detective Division for their outstanding work and for living up to their remarkable case-closure rate with this arrest. We thank our law enforcement partners in this County and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for once again working with us to solve this case and remove yet another violent offender from our streets."