Yonkers Detective In Emergency Surgery After Being Shot

This story was updated at 5:03 p.m.

YONKERS, NY — A senior Yonkers Police Department detective has been shot and critically wounded, shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller.

The detective with 27 years of experience was shot in the abdomen during an illegal gun investigation as part of the Westchester County Safe Streets task force.

The shooting took place inside of a bodega at 115 Elm Street in the city, according to officials.

The police commissioner said that one of four suspects approached on the street ran into the store. Inside the store, the suspect fired once hitting the detective in the abdomen. An FBI agent assigned to the task force returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect.

The officer was rushed to Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx. He suffered damage to his kidneys and intestines and "lost a lot of blood, according to Mueller, who declined to identify the injured detective.

"He is in critical, but stable condition," Mueller said. "We think he's going to be okay."

The area of this afternoon's shooting has been the scene of gang violence in the past. In June, four people were wounded in a gang shooting at another nearby bodega.

Police said today's investigation led to the recovery of two illegal guns and the arrest of three suspects.

"Elm Street is a hot spot and it has been for a very long time," Mayor Mike Spano told reporters this afternoon. He added that the detective who was shot was doing his part to help make that street and nearby neighborhoods safer.

Police officials said that it is believed that the FBI agent at the scene was the only one to fire his service weapon and no Yonkers police officers shot at the suspect.

"Earlier today, members of our Westchester County Safe Streets task force were involved in a shooting incident in Yonkers, NY," the FBI New York Field Office said in a statement released shortly before 4 p.m. "As this is an ongoing investigation, we have no further information to provide at this time."