Cops vs. son ‘& dad’

Fatal Bx. gunfight

An off-duty cop fatally shot a gunman in The Bronx early Sunday — prompting the fallen man’s father to grab his son’s weapon and fire it at officers, an NYPD official said.

Two officers had just gotten off work at 4:15 a.m. and were walking on Valentine Avenue near East 180th Street, a block from the 46th Precinct station house, when they encountered Michael Rosado firing at another man, police said.

After they confronted him, he shot at them “several times,” NYPD Chief of Patrol Juanita Holmes said.

“The officers returned fire, which struck the 24-year-old male in the torso,” she said.

Rosado’s father, Rafael Rosado, then picked up his son’s gun and “fired rounds at the officers” with it, Holmes said.

The cops weren’t hit and returned fire but missed, police said.

The elder Rosado, 44, passed the gun off to a woman and fled, according to police sources. He was then seen on surveillance video walking around the block and weaving between cars before returning to the scene — in the hopes that cops would not recognize him — but the ruse didn’t work, and the father was taken into custody, the NYPD said.

He was later charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

The younger Rosado was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Holmes said.

Cops didn’t find his gun but have video that shows the weapon being handed off, a police spokesman said.

Video from the scene, outside a deli at 2080 Valentine Ave. in Fordham Heights, shows a maroon Honda Odyssey that appeared to be hit by bullets, with three shell casings next to the vehicle.

The two police officers were treated for tinnitus at Jacobi Medical Center.

One longtime Valentine Avenue resident, who declined to give his name, told The Post that the dead man and his dad grew up on the block but now live in Pennsylvania.

The neighbor said he exchanged pleasantries with the younger Rosado hours before the shooting.

“I’ve known him since he was born. His grandparents live next door,” the neighbor said. “He’s a good kid. He’s always working. I never knew him to be a troublemaker. His dad is also a good man.”