The injured officer, NYPD ESU Det. Matthew Gale, was taken to Kings County Hospital after suffering a tibial fracture of the left leg.
The suspect who was killed in a shootout over the weekend that left four Kansas law enforcement officers injured was identified.
Officer Michael Hyland left Stony Brook University Hospital Thursday after spending 29 days in the ICU, surrounded by his supporters, and his trauma surgeon, who called his recovery nothing short of remarkable.
The incident happened around 4 a.m. near East 106th Street and Lexington Avenue.
Citizen App video shows the scene where the officer pulled the driver over around 10 p.m. near Ocean Parkway and Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay.
The 27-year-old officer reportedly had just ended his shift when two individuals forced him to the ground and struck him in the face.