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NYPD cop from LI recovering after Queens shooting

Police say Edwin Santana, 33, shot officer Rodney

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Police say Edwin Santana, 33, shot officer Rodney Lewis Sunday in Queens. (July 26, 2009)

An NYPD officer who lives on Long Island was shot Sunday in Queens while subduing a man whose concealed gun fell to the ground and discharged, authorities said.

Officer Rodney Lewis, 40, of Freeport, was struck in the left side of the chest when the suspect's .32-caliber revolver hit the sidewalk and accidentally went off during a scuffle with police in the Ridgewood, Queens, authorities said.

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