NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say an argument at a New York City block party escalated into gunfire, killing one man and wounding six others, including a police officer shot by a fellow officer in the hail of bullets.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says two men began arguing around 3 a.m. Sunday in upper Manhattan. He says one of the men fatally shot the other, then fired at the five police officers who had arrived at the scene.
Kelly says four officers fired back, wounding the man.
Authorities say that in the confusion, an officer fired the shot that hit another officer in the chest. He was wearing a bullet-resistant vest and is expected to be fine. Another officer was grazed in the hand.
Three other people were hospitalized for gunshot wounds. Two other officers had minor injuries.
