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NYPD: LI officer Kevin Herlihy hurt, suspect Michael McBride dead in subway shootout

Quick ReadA Queens man suspected of shooting a woman was shot and killed by police in a subway shootout that also wounded an NYPD officer from Nassau, officials said.

NYPD officer Kevin Herlihy holds a thumbs up

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | NYPD officer Kevin Herlihy holds a thumbs up as he is released from hospital. (Feb. 15, 2012)

An NYPD detective from Lynbrook and a shooting suspect he was chasing traded at least 16 shots at close range in a Harlem subway station Tuesday, leaving the cop wounded and the gunman dead.

Det. Kevin Herlihy, shot in the arm, was expected to be released from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

It was the second time...

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