Robber Shoots 2 Officers, Flees Scene in Patrol Car
United Press International
NEW YORK —
An armed man trying to hold up a cabbie Sunday leaped out of the taxi after the driver swerved in front of a police car. The gunman shot two officers and then apparently drove their squad car to a hospital.
A man who fit the robber’s description stumbled into the hospital with a chest wound apparently inflicted by police gunfire, authorities said.
The unidentified suspect was in critical condition and the two wounded officers were in stable condition after surgery, police said.
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