A policeman fires and wounds a man with a gun

A police officer shot and wounded a man armed with a gun Sunday night in the Bronx, officials said.

It arrived at West 166th Street and Summit Avenue around 7 pm. News 12 It is said that a New York police officer met a man in his fifties who was in possession of a firearm.

A police source tells News 12 that the suspect took out his gun while he was trying to get into a vehicle.

The officer opened fire, hitting the man at the hip and torso. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital in serious condition.

The video taken by a witness shows the police entangled with the man. Seconds later, two shots are heard.

This witness stated that the man had asserted his innocence during his arrest.

"He had the keys in his hand and they took the key but he said" it's my car, "said Mercedez." He did not know why he was stopped and was screaming. He shouted: "I know my rights." When the guy was on the ground, he was still as strong and it was while the other with the rifle fired him twice. "

At a press conference, officials said that the man had shown keys in his hand, but that these keys did not belong to the car whose windows had been broken.

The NYPD confirms that the male had a gun.

The police were taken to the hospital to be checked. Neither one nor the other had injuries.

Additional details surrounding the incident were not immediately available.