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By Kerry Burke , Denis Slattery AND Bill Hutchinson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A courageous off-duty cop was shot in the chest Wednesday night in a Bronx shootout but returned fire while clutching his wound — killing one of two gun-wielding suspects, police said.
NYPD Officer Ivan Marcano, 27, was hailed a hero after he bravely took on the gunslingers he saw robbing a man on the street.
“In a remarkable display of marksmanship and cool, he struck one of the suspects,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a news conference at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, where Marcano was recovering.
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By Kerry Burke , Denis Slattery AND Bill Hutchinson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A courageous off-duty cop was shot in the chest Wednesday night in a Bronx shootout but returned fire while clutching his wound — killing one of two gun-wielding suspects, police said.
NYPD Officer Ivan Marcano, 27, was hailed a hero after he bravely took on the gunslingers he saw robbing a man on the street.
“In a remarkable display of marksmanship and cool, he struck one of the suspects,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a news conference at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, where Marcano was recovering.
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