«Breaking News» NYPD detective shot dead and sergeant injured in shootout with armed robber at Queens T-Mobile store

One NYPD officer has been shot dead and another is injured following a shootout at a T-Mobile store in Queens on Tuesday night.  

Police were responding to a call about an armed robbery at the phone store in Richmond Hill just before 6.15pm when a gun battle broke out, sources told the New York Daily News. 

Det Brian Simonsen was shot in the chest and later died. The 19-year veteran of the department leaves behind a wife and two children. 

His death marks the NYPD's first line-of-duty fatality since 2017. 

Squad Sgt Matthew Gorman was also shot in the hip during the confrontation. It is unclear whether either officer was wearing a bulletproof vest. 

Two suspects, whose names have not been released, were apprehended after the shooting. Police say they were wanted in connection with a string of robberies in the area. 

One of the suspects was shot and critically wounded in the hail of at least a dozen bullets.  

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Detective Brian Simonsen (left) was shot and killed and squad Sergeant Matthew Gorman (right) was injured during a shootout with two armed robbery suspects at a T-Mobile store in Queens on Tuesday night, according to NYPD sources

Gunfire erupted after police responded to reports of an armed robbery at the T-Mobile in Richmond Hill around 6.15pm Tuesday. Two suspects reportedly took cover inside the store 

A witness told the NYDN that before police arrived, one of the robbers, dressed in black, could be seen escorting two employees to the back of a T-Mobile store at gunpoint. 

Chaos erupted as soon as police pulled up and dozens of shots rang out.  

Officers could be heard frantically calling for backup on emergency radio transmissions. 

'Shots fired! Shots fired!' one officer exclaimed in audio obtained by the NYDN. 

'Central, he's in the store. He’s going to the back… He's still in the store, central. He's still in the store.' 

The sergeant wounded in the shootout could be heard saying: 'Be advised, I'm shot. The perp's in the location.' 

Police officers on the scene had desperately called for a 'blood bank', indicating that at least one of the officers was in need of a life-saving transfusion.  

Dozens of police officers are seen huddled outside Jamaica Hospital, where the two injured officers were brought after the shooting

Video from the scene appeared to show officers escorting one of the two suspects out of the store at Atlantic Avenue and 121st Street

Commissioner James O'Neill confirmed the shooting on Twitter, writing: 'An on-duty NYPD officer has been shot in Queens during what appears to be an armed robbery.'

Both Simonsen and Gorman were taken by patrol car to Jamaica Hospital, officials said. 

Dozens of officers were seen hugging and crying in the hospital lobby as Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived shortly after the shooting.

Early reports said one of the officers was in serious but stable condition, according to NBC4. The other officer's condition wasn't immediately clear, but officials said there was concern about his injury.    

A heavy police presence remained on the scene hours after the altercation

Witnesses to the shocking shootout reported hearing at least 15 to 20 gunshots exchanged between police and the suspects.  

'There was so much gunfire you could smell the smoke in the air,' neighborhood resident Jason Parodi told the NYDN.  

Arwin Singh, a 31-year-old construction contractor who lives across from the T-Mobile store, told the outlet: 'I looked out and the cops were running into [the store] to get them. 

'There were two guys who put their hands on their heads. I couldn’t tell if they were robbers or workers. Then the cops came out and put one guy in an ambulance.'

He added: 'The store has been robbed before but nothing as bad as this.' 

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Main photo article One NYPD officer has been shot dead and another is injured following a shootout at a T-Mobile store in Queens on Tuesday night.  
Police were responding to a call about an armed robbery at the phone store in Richmond Hill just before 6.15pm when a gun battle broke out, sources told the New York D...

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