Two US Marshals, Detective Shot in New York City

Officials were serving a warrant at the time.

ByABC News
July 28, 2014, 4:57 PM

— -- Two U.S. Marshals and an NYPD detective were shot today while serving a warrant in New York City, authorities said.

The suspect, identified as Charles Mozdir, was a violent sex offender. He was killed in the shooting, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

PHOTO: An ambulance sits near the scene of a fatal shooting involving a fugitive in New York City, July 28, 2014.
An ambulance sits near the scene of a fatal shooting involving a fugitive in New York City, July 28, 2014.

The incident happened in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

The law enforcement officers have non-life threatening injuries and were taken to Bellevue Hospital, authorities said.