JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- A man shot in the leg by police in Queens on Friday night was stable at a Queens hospital Saturday.
At 9:20 p.m., in the Baisley Housing Development on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, a plainclothes New York City Police Department lieutenant and police officer patrolling when they left a second-floor stairwell and encountered a man with a gun in his hand.
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The police fired, striking the man once in the left leg. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital and is stable. The lieutenant and the police officer were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
The man was identified as Jamel Ethridge, 38, who police said has an extensive arrest history that includes attempted murder and multiple arrests for criminal possession of a firearm.
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A loaded 9mm firearm was recovered at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.