(CNN) A New York Police Department detective was shot and killed Tuesday, and a sergeant was hit in the leg, after they responded to a reported robbery at a cell phone store in the borough of Queens, city officials said. "Once again our hearts are broken in the NYPD," Commissioner James P. O'Neill said. As the two officers went into the store, a suspect came out of a back room with a replica handgun. The detective and sergeant fired, and as they were leaving the store, the detective was apparently shot by uniformed officers. Brian Simonsen, 42 years old and a 19-year-veteran of the department, was killed, police said.

Source: CNN February 13, 2019 04:06 UTC