{"id":113247,"date":"2026-01-26T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113247\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:24:33","slug":"nypd-officer-shoots-kills-charging-raccoon-at-rockaway-beach-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113247\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD officer shoots, kills charging raccoon at Rockaway Beach \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New York police officer who fatally shot a raccoon that aggressively charged toward people has been placed on modified duty while the matter is reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred around 7:45 a.m. Thursday in Rockaway Beach, shortly after someone called 911 to report a vicious animal, a police department spokesperson said in an emailed statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were trying to usher the racoon from a boardwalk to a safe location when the animal suddenly charged. An officer fired his weapon, striking the animal. No people were injured, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The officer&#8217;s name has not been released. The department&#8217;s Force Investigation Division, which reviews incidents when an officer discharges their weapon, is leading the department&#8217;s probe.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t clear Monday if officials planned to test the raccoon for rabies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York police officer who fatally shot a raccoon that aggressively charged toward people has been placed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,103,122],"class_list":["post-113247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nypd","tag-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}