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On-duty NYPD officer fatally shot while conducting a vehicle stop. The officer was conducting a vehicle stop at 1919 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens before 6 p.m. The suspect fired a weapon, striking the officer in the stomach and another officer then returned fire, striking the suspect in the back. The officer was rushed to Jamaica Hospital but succumbed to gunshot wound injuries, officially being pronounced dead. A second officer was taken to the hospital with tinnitus. The suspect was taken to North Shore University Hospital.