Off-duty correction officer shoots teen mugger who took his cellphone on NYC street: cops

Ryan Straker, 19, punched the off-duty officer and ripped off his cellphone in Brownsville. The officer shot Straker during the struggle, resulting in Straker being hospitalized and charged.

The off-duty officer, unharmed, did not face charges in connection to the shooting. The Department of Correction referred queries to the NYPD.

Read at New York Post