The 24-year-old brother of a rookie NYPD cop was shot in the eye and killed inside a Harlem apartment early Saturday, police said.
Members of the NYPD Force Investigations Division, which handles all police-involved shootings, have been tasked with trying to determine if the new officer was involved — or if he pulled the trigger, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
Cops were called to the building near the corner of Frederick Douglas Blvd. and Macombs Place at about 1:30 a.m.
Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News
Police investigate after a man was found with a gunshot wound to the eye inside an apartment on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Macombs Place in Manhattan early Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
The man died at the scene. His name was not immediately disclosed.
It wasn’t clear what sparked the shooting.
An NYPD spokesman confirmed that the fatal shooting involved a cop’s “family member.”
NYPD detectives were investigating the possibility that the shooting was accidental, according to police sources.
Crime scene detectives were seen removing paper bags full of items from the apartment throughout the morning.
