NEW YORK -- An off-duty police sergeant was shot Thursday evening and a teenager was killed in an exchange of gunfire, authorities said.
Sgt. James Rector was shot in a leg about 7:30 p.m. in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn, police said.
It wasn't clear what triggered the shootout, but apparently Rector stumbled upon 17-year-old Eric Hines as he pointed a gun at a man who was pleading for his life, police said.
Gunfire erupted, and Rector was hit at least once. In the chaos, a wounded Rector was able to return fire, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
``Despite already being hit, Sergeant Rector displayed incredible clarity of mind and a coolness literally under fire that few of us could ever hope to muster,'' the mayor said during a hospital news conference.
Hines was killed, and the other man, whose identity wasn't revealed, was wounded in a leg and was hospitalized.
``My baby's gone,'' Hines' father, Eric Pitt, said. ``My baby's gone, man.''
Rector had apparently just gotten off work and was in plainclothes when he confronted Hines.
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