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A 25-year-old NYPD officer returned fire after he was shot on Monday morning, with his assailant ending up dead, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press conference.

NYPD officers sought to secure a scene involving a deceased shooting victim on a sidewalk and shell casing in a building, Tisch noted — but a man opened an apartment door and fired at an officer “from close range with a shotgun, striking the officer on the left side of his face,” Tish said.

“His injuries are consistent with bird shot pellets being fired from a shotgun. Our cop returns fire and the perp barricades himself back inside of the apartment,” she added.

She said the perpetrator was later “pronounced DOA on scene.”

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