BROOKLYN — The NYPD officer wounded in a shootout with an ex-con in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon.
Police Officer William Reddin, 33, was wheeled out of Kings County Hospital as Officer Andrew Yurkiw, 29 walked alongside him.
Both were wounded in the same gunfight, and Yurkiw had been released over the weekend.
Today we are standing together with one of our finest one who rose to the occasion and came out strong. A true hero pic.twitter.com/mKFHDHu0ew
— NYPDBrooklynNorth (@NYPDBklynNorth) February 23, 2016
The two were met with applause and cheers from a crowd of fellow officers, along with bagpipe music.
Reddin was surrounding by family members as he left, according to reports.
“He’s my hero,” Assistant Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, told the Daily News.
“He (knew) Saturday morning when he was going up against that armed gunman that he had the support of the NYPD and as he walked out here today he saw and he knew as well that he had the support of the NYPD."
PO Reddin and PO Yerkiw stepping out!! #hero's #brooklyn #nypd @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/WphI2C5Cbp
— NYPD 81st Precinct (@NYPD81Pct) February 23, 2016
Reddin was hit in the hip by several bullet fragments when he and Yurkiw were in a gun battle with Jamal Funes, 34, early Saturday, according to police.
Yurkiw was shot in his bulletproof vest and was also treated at Kings County Hospital, police said.
Funes, who sparked a gunfight with officers after crashing into a marked police car, was hit several times and taken to Brookdale Hospital, according to officials.
He was arrested on charges of attempted murder of a police officer, assault on a police officer, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing and reckless endangerment, police said.
NYPD hero, Officer Reddin, leaves the hospital to cheers to continue recovering after being shot in Brooklyn Sun. pic.twitter.com/Q8RhqVuDaM
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) February 23, 2016
