An off-duty parole officer shot a gunman who opened fire inside a Bronx bar early Sunday and wounded a cook, according to reports.
The chaos broke out inside the Kutty Bar & Lounge on Boston Road near Mace Ave. about 1:45 a.m., cops said.
The 40-year-old gunman had been kicked out of the bar, prompting him to go to his SUV and retrieve his gun, according to ABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News. He burst back into the lounge and opened fire, shooting a 37-year-old cook in the right leg, the station reported.
That’s when the parole officer, who was there as a customer, took action, shooting the gunman in the torso multiple times, according to ABC.
Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News
The shooting erupted inside the Kutty Lounge on Boston Road near Mace Ave. in Allerton about 1:45 a.m. Monday. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
The wounded gunman drove off in his white Honda CR-V but only made it a block before crashing into a street light pole at Mace and Wallace Aves.
The gunman was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition, cops said. The cook is in stable condition at the same hospital.
The gunman was involved in a December 2023 murder investigation, according to ABC. The details of that investigation were not immediately clear.