A shooter is on the run after wounding NYPD officer in 'attempted assassination'

Two officers were sitting in a van in the Bronx on Saturday night when someone came up to them and asked a question, a law enforcement official said. When an officer answered, the shooter opened fire, striking one near the jaw. The shooter fled and is still at large, the official said.

The officer injured is expected to survive and the second one was not injured, CNN affiliate NY1 reported.

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the officer in the driver's seat yelled, 'Gun!' when the shooter pulled out a weapon without provocation.

"What we know is that multiple shots were fired by the perpetrator at close proximity into the van," he said.

De Blasio criticized what he called a "blind hatred" toward officers, saying he's grateful they were not seriously injured.

"Tonight we saw a heinous assassination attempt against NYPD officers in a marked police van," de Blasio said. "Thank God we can report our officers survived and will be able to go home to their families safe and sound. ... We will stop at nothing to find the perpetrator and bring him to justice."

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