Nassau cop hurt responding to domestic incident, police say

A Nassau police officer sustained minor injuries while responding to a domestic incident Sunday night, a police spokeswoman said.

The officer was responding to a call in Manorhaven shortly before 5 p.m. when the injury occurred. Officials could not detail the nature of the injury, but said it was not a shooting.

Port Washington police assisted with the call, but an official there referred all questions to the Nassau Police Department.

By Laura Figueroa Hernandez

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Laura Figueroa Hernandez is the White House correspondent and previously covered New York City politics and government. She joined Newsday in 2012 after covering state and local politics for The Miami Herald.