Greenpoint Shooting Suspect In NYPD Custody After Hour-Long Standoff (UPDATES)

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — An unidentified shooter put a bullet through a 45-year-old man's head Monday afternoon, then engaged police in an hour-long standoff near Greenpoint Avenue and McGuinness Boulevard, according to the NYPD. (For the latest on the shooting and other local news, subscribe to the Williamsburg-Greenpoint Patch newsletter and real-time news alerts.)

The shooter was a police officer who retired in August 2002, an NYPD official said to reporters at the scene Monday night. The 51-year-old was in custody as a person of interest in the shooting, the NYPD said.

The suspected shooter had been taken into police custody by 4 p.m.

The shooting occurred outside 185 Greenpoint Ave., where the suspect lives, the NYPD said. A witness told police that the suspect had locked himself up inside the building after shooting the victim.

The cops received the 911 call about the shooting at 2:35 p.m., and upon arrival, they found the victim with a gunshot wound to his head. Officers then swarmed the area to put up a barricade around the armed person, the NYPD said.

The victim's name is being withheld until all family members are notified of the incident.

Multiple news outlets quoted police sources as saying the shooting arose from a landlord-tenant dispute. The NYPD official would not confirm that relationship, but he would confirm that officers believe the victim's girlfriend lives at 185 Greenpoint Ave.

The shooting victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he is being treated and is in critical condition, according to police.

Local journalist Camille Dodero, who was walking to her studio in Greenpoint around 3:30 p.m., said streets near the standoff were closed to the public. She said cops were swarming the streets — some were even standing on nearby rooftops. At least one helicopter buzzed overhead.

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