An officer with the New York Police Department was shot while in Queens, according to a law enforcement source, with the shooter also hit by a bullet.

An NYPD officer was shot in Jamaica, Queens Tuesday evening, police sources said. The incident happened near Jamaica Avenue and 161st Street around 6:30 p.m., according to the FDNY. The shooting happened after police officers approached a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery,

An NYPD officer and another woman were shot in Queens by an armed robbery suspect who was believed to be responsible for multiple robberies within the span of just an hour, according to police. Officers initially responded to a 911 call of a robbery in progress at a deli on Hillside Avenue near 164th Street in Jamaica,