Yonkers bank rob suspect shot dead
AN FBI agent and a Yonkers police officer shot a man to death on Friday night, authorities said.
The law enforcement duo was “conducting law enforcement activity” when the shooting occurred, according to the FBI.
The gunfire erupted at Aqueduct Ave. and Delano Ave. near Van Cortlandt Park around 4 p.m., Yonkers Police said.
The man was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died, the feds said in a tweet.
Yonkers Police tweeted that it wanted to “assure ... residents that there is no threat to public safety.”
All inquiries were referred to the FBI, which said no more information will be released.
A bureau spokesman declined to comment when reached by the Daily News. AN INNOCENT bystander was grazed by a bullet while walking on the Upper West Side Friday, police said.
The 30-year-old man told cops he was walking along W. 103rd St. near Manhattan Ave. when he heard a gunshot at 6:53 p.m. cops said. Moments later, he felt a pain in his left ear and realized he had been shot, according to police.
The man was taken to Mount Sinai-St. Luke’s Hospital.