NYPD officer shoots driver in the Bronx

NEW YORK - An NYPD officer shot a driver while attempting to make a traffic stop Sunday evening in the Bronx.

Police say the Jeep SUV ran several red lights near Boston Road in the Morrisania neighborhood around 8 p.m.

Cops say that when an officer approached the vehicle, the driver drove towards the officer.  The officer pulled their gun and shot the driver through the windshield.

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EMS took the driver, an 18-year-old man, to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition.  Three other people were taken into custody for questioning.

No other details were immediately available.