A New York City police officer from Suffolk County, shot in the face while responding to a 911 call about a shooting in Brooklyn on Monday, was released from the hospital, NYPD officials said.

The officer struck by shotgun fire was identified as Sharjeel Waris, 25. He had been reported in stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, but Monday afternoon he was released. Two other officers from the 73rd Precinct were injured in a motor vehicle crash heading to the scene and sustained minor injuries, authorities said. They were in stable condition, the NYPD said Monday evening.

The events unfolded just before 6 a.m., when EMS responded to a report of an unconscious man in front of an apartment building at 1046 Thomas S. Boyland St. in the Brownsville section of Bro

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