A suspect shot by a Lake Success Police officer during an attempted carjacking Wednesday has been hospitalized and is in federal custody, department officials said Friday.
The unidentified suspect was shot twice in the leg and once in the torso around 6:20 p.m. by officer Richard Petrillo, a 14-year Lake Success veteran, department officials said. His injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Petrillo fired three rounds in an attempt to break up the alleged carjacking, the department said.
The Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad is investigating the police officers involved in the shooting, police said. The county’s Major Case Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are also investigating the incident.
Lake Success Police deferred all other comments to Nassau County police.
Nassau County police said they believed the carjacking might be related to the robbery of the T-Mobile store located at 1073 Northern Blvd. in Flower Hill at around the same time.
An unidentified amount of money was taken from the store, police said.
Charges against the are still pending, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
