Eyewitness NewsHARLEM (WABC) -- An off duty police officer shot a groping suspect during a struggle on a subway platform in Harlem on Friday afternoon. Authorities said the man was identified by two women as a groper who assaulted them in a Harlem subway platform.
The off duty NYPD officer, a 19 year veteran assigned to transit, first talked to a teenager who was with her mother when she said she was groped. A second woman then also told the officer she had also been groped, and the officer told the teen's mother to call 911.
Officials said the off duty officer then approached the alleged groper, identified himself as NYPD,and the confrontation followed.
In the struggle, the officer's gun discharged, striking the man once.He was taken to Harlem Hospital and expected to survive.
Police say the 22 year old man has 20 prior arrests.
The officer was not injured and police believe he happened to be at the right place at the right time.
One bullet was recovered at the scene, believed to be the officer's, as was a folding knife on the tracks that may belong to the suspect.
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