{"id":177574,"date":"2026-03-27T19:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177574\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:30:38","slug":"nypd-officer-accused-of-pulling-gun-on-cop-at-police-headquarters-in-manhattan-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177574\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD officer accused of pulling gun on cop at police headquarters in Manhattan: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2014 An NYPD officer is accused of pulling a gun on another cop at police headquarters in Lower Manhattan, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Quilbvio Espinal, 35, was arrested on Thursday and charged with menacing, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.pix11.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage&quot;}\"> Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Espinal allegedly pointed the gun at the fellow officer and at the ceiling inside 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan, sources said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The motive was unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Espinal has been on the force since 2016 and was last assigned to the Information Security Office in 2014, according to public records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Espinal has been suspended without pay, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. 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