EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A gunman and an NYPD officer exchanged shots on an East Village street Thursday evening, according to police.
The shootout left the windshield of a department patrol vehicle riddled with bullet holes, but no one was injured, authorities said.
The officers were responding to a report of a gun-toting man fighting with two of his brothers on East Fourth Street near Avenue D around 7:50 p.m. when they came under fire, officials said.
One of the officers returned fire, but by the time the guns fell silent, no one had been struck, police said.
A man was taken into custody and a .22 revolver was recovered at the scene, according to authorities. Richard Mendez, 20, was formally arrested early Friday on a charge of criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Further charges were not immediately filed as the investigation continued.
The shootout marked the second involving NYPD officers and an armed civilian in a matter of two nights.
