{"id":156076,"date":"2026-03-07T08:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156076\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:53:20","slug":"nypd-officer-injured-after-being-struck-in-head-with-object-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156076\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD officer injured after being struck in head with object in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An NYPD officer was injured after being struck in the head with an object in the Bronx on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident happened just before 5:30 p.m. at the Fordham Road subway station in the Fordham section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials say police located a 41-year-old man that was wanted for an assault that happened earlier in the day around noon at East 157th Street and Gerard Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As officers approached the man, the suspect threw an unidentified object that struck the officer in the head.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The officer was taken to the hospital with a minor laceration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The person of interest was taken into custody and charges against him are pending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/bronx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Bronx news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">More Bronx news<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Send us a news tip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Send us a news tip<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a> <br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow us on YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terms of use apply.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An NYPD officer was injured after being struck in the head with an object in the Bronx on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[40915,128,9,24,63,1847,129,131,130,64550],"class_list":["post-156076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-breaking-news-alerts","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd-officer","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-unidentified-object"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156076","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=156076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}