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Queens cop stable after off-duty stabbing

Police conduct an investigation at 170th Street just

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Police conduct an investigation at 170th Street just south of Liberty Avenue after an off-duty member of the NYPD was stabbed multiple times in what is believed to be a home invasion robbery. (Sept. 12, 2012)

An off-duty NYPD officer was hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday after being stabbed and left bleeding following an apparent push-in robbery at his home, police said.

The officer, whom police Commissioner Ray Kelly identified as Rishi Gobin, 34, lost consciousness but later was able to make a 911 call to report the attack, which took place at about 1 p.m., according to investigators.

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