Police: 1 person shot during drug bust in Bushwick
Police say a man was shot today during a drug bust in Bushwick. Officials say that undercover officers were tracking a suspect along Himrod Street when two pit bulls charged the officers, forcing them
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Aug 7, 2012, 10:52 PM
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Updated 4,419 days ago
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Police say a man was shot today during a drug bust in Bushwick.
Officials say that undercover officers were tracking a suspect along Himrod Street when two pit bulls charged the officers, forcing them to open fire on the dogs.
The 22-year-old suspect was shot in the leg and taken to Kings County Hospital.
Witnesses have identified the suspect as James Austin. Witnesses also say the dogs had never posed a threat when they were leashed.
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