Duo wanted for injuring on-duty cop with firework as he conducted crowd control in South Richmond Hill: NYPD

Police from the 102nd Precinct are looking for two suspects who injured one of their own cops on the night of Sunday, Nov. 8. Police say a 28-year-old on-duty NYPD officer was doing crowd control after an unruly mob gathered in the vicinity of 101st Avenue and 118th Street in South Richmond Hill just before 9:20 p.m. when one of the suspects ignited a firework and his accomplice grabbed it and threw it towards the area where the officer was standing. The perpetrators ran off northbound on 118th Street toward Atlantic Avenue. The police officer was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. He was not burned by the exploding firework, but he was treated for pain in his left ear due to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ear, according to a law enforcement source. The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspects on Monday night.

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