BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A suspect was killed and an NYPD officer was shot in the face, apparently all the result of a dispute between neighbors.

Officials said the suspect opened fire at police responding to a homicide in Brooklyn Monday morning.

It happened on Thomas S Boyland Street just before 6 a.m.

Police were called to the apartment building, finding 41-year-old Leroy Wallace dead from a gunshot wound to his chest.

It's believed he was shot in the lobby and then stumbled out to the sidewalk where he died.

At 7:45 a.m. officers approached a first floor apartment where the suspect opened the door and fired at officers. Officer Sharjeel Worris, 25, was shot with birdshot pellets from a shotgun.

Officers returned fire, striking the suspect.

Worris was rushed to Brookdale

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