Authorities say the rookie officer was driving into Manhattan from the Bronx on the Macombs Dam Bridge when he was sideswiped by a 2009 black Ford escape with New Jersey license plates.
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As that SUV continued westbound, shots were fired from it in the direction of the off-duty officer.
The officer, who has just 16 months on the job working in Manhattan North, was not struck.
Police launched a search for the SUV, which was tracked through technology into Queens.
It was eventually spotted and stopped at Blake and Van Sinderen avenues in East New York, Brooklyn.
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The suspect taken into custody, and charges are pending.
A second person in the car is believed to have been picked up after the alleged incident.
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