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A NYPD policeman was shot twice on Friday morning when he reacted to carjacking from a violent career criminal, who was released, police and mayor of New York City Eric Adams said.
The officer was shot in his arm and leg and did not suffer life -threatening injuries in what Mayor Eric Adams described as a “friendly fire incident”. It is assumed that the officer of Crossfire was shot the police.
He was taken to a nearby hospital where the police said he was in stable state and vigilant and conscious.
Mayor Eric Adams speaks after a NYPD officer was shot in a friendly fire incident during a carjacking response in Whitestone, Queens, on August 22, 2025. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News; Wnyw)
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The suspect, the 28-year-old Kevin Dubois, supposedly tried to rob people at a gas station before he was abrased a Uber driver from a service road in Whitestone, Queens.
Officers from the local district and narcotics reacted to the scene shortly before 9 a.m. and said Dubois showed a weapon.
Three officers then opened the fire and an officer was hit. Dubois was unharmed by the police and collar. No weapon was recovered on Dubois.
Dubois is a four-time convicted criminal with 10 previous arrests, including several knife robbery and attacks on police officers, NYPD commissioner Jessica Table said at a press conference.
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The table, Adams and union representatives were all held responsible new York The state’s criminal judicial reforms to enable someone like Kevin Dubois on the streets.
The shootout comes just a few weeks after the NYPD officer didarul Islam were shot in A Manhattan building Together with three other victims.
Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch Talk Reporters at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center after an officer was injured in Queens on August 22, 2025 at a Friendly Fire. (NYPD)
“Mr. Dubois is currently on probation for probation Robbery After he was released from prison in March of this year and was only arrested yesterday for the theft of the service in Manhattan and was published with just one desk ticket (dat), “said Tisch.
“It is important that before the reforms of the criminal justice of 2020, a person on probation would not have taken for data. Mr. Dubois also has a documented story as an emotionally disturbed person (EDP) before the incident with the Uber driver.”
Adams also blew up the current legislation and said that violent criminals can be released and the public and police officers put in danger.
“This is amazing to arrest the same people again and again and to expect changes,” said Adams. “The criminal was released yesterday before Carjacking was committed today.”
An air view shows the crime scene in Whitestone, Queens after a NYPD officer was shot during the crossfire on August 22, 2025. (Do)
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Adams said the blame for shooting on Friday rests directly on the suspect’s publication.
“In order for dangerous people to be put on probation on our streets yesterday, it sends a terrible signal to our public,” said Adams.
“Regardless of who shot our detective, one person is responsible for starting the chain of events that we ended up in the hospital today,” said Adams. “This is a man who should stand behind bars, not on our streets.”
