Off-duty narcotics officer
charged after Upper West Side shooting
By N.J. Burkett
An off-duty New York State
narcotics agent has been charged after an accidental shooting on the Upper West
Side of Manhattan.
Police confirm a man and a
woman were shot on Amsterdam Avenue between 82nd and 83rd Street around 9 p.m.
Friday. Both were taken to the hospital. The extent of their injuries is not
clear, but they are expected to survive.
According to the New York City
Police Department, the state officer involved, Victor Zambrano, 49, of New York
City, is assigned to the state Bureau of Narcotics. He being charged with
criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, and two counts of assault.
The shooting took place outside
a tavern where patrons huddled until it was safe.
"We heard a loud pop and
everyone rushed to the back of the bar," said customer Vanessa Arriola.
