An off-duty NYPD detective was brutally stabbed and slashed seven times during a brazen robbery in the Bronx Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n
Jose Mercedes was ambushed when the e-bike-riding duo approached him and tried to snatch the cop\u2019s gold chain while he was clearing out the trunk of his car around 1:40 p.m. at East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood, the sources and the NYPD said.<\/p>\n
Jose Mercedes, a detective assigned to the 44th Precinct, joined the NYPD in July 2016. Instagram\/Ali Buckets<\/p>\n
An off-duty police officer from the 52nd Precinct was slashed during a botched robbery attempt at 3176 Rochambeau Ave. in the Norwood section. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
The suspects were seen taking off on their e-bikes in surveillance footage. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
The bloody melee unfolded when the detective fought back against the brutes, sources added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Terrifying video obtained by The Post showed Mercedes covered in blood and being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher.<\/p>\n
He was knifed at least seven times in his neck and leg and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is listed in stable condition, according to sources and cops.<\/p>\n
Two male suspects quickly took off on their e-bikes, the sources said.<\/p>\n
The two suspects took off on their e-bikes. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n
NYPD officials seen investigating the crime scene Friday. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n
At least one suspect was involved in a previous moped robbery. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, was stolen from the detective, according to the sources.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch visited the wounded detective at the hospital on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Mercedes, who is assigned to the 44th Precinct, joined the NYPD in July 2016, the sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An off-duty NYPD detective was brutally stabbed and slashed seven times during a brazen robbery in the Bronx…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,57,9,24,63,103,2955,2442,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-363248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-robberies","tag-stabbings","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363248","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=363248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}