Manhattan NY +The commanding officer for Transit Bureau 3 Shot+

Manhattan NY +The Commanding officer for Transit Bureau 3 Was Shot+ In his office on the mezzanine level of W145th St. and Amsterdam Ave. X St. Nicholas Avenue stop yesterday. Captain William Roge 44 Y/O male is the high rank uniformed commanding officer and a 20-year NYPD veteran. He was changing his guns removing his .38 for a 9mm, and somehow, the .38 went off and that's when he was accidentally shot in the abdomen, he was semi-conscious, had no blood pressure but had a pulse, he was transport to St. Lukes Hospital where he underwent surgery, He was in stable condition and expected to fully recover.

The NYPD's Chief of Transportation Michael Scognelli who was rushing to the scene explained, "We had an accidental discharge".