Posted on: August 24, 2025 07:00 AM

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NYPD detective shot in friendly fire as officers come across carjacking on Queens expressway during morning rush

An NYPD detective was once shot and wounded in a “friendly fire” incident whilst confronting a violent repeat culprit on parole attempting to carjack an Uber on the Queens freeway Friday at the tail quit of a one-man crime spree, officers said.

Det. Corey Fisher — a 12-year-old police veteran assigned to the department’s Queens North Warrants Squad — used to be shot in his proper hand and left leg rapidly earlier than nine a.m. as three police officers opened hearth on the Whitestone Expressway close to twenty second Road, stated NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.