Two NYPD officers are recovering after their squad car was involved in a crash with two other vehicles in Queens on Wednesday morning, according to police. The officers were searching for the suspects who robbed a smoke shop at Merrick Blvd and 220th Street when their vehicle got into an accident with two cars not involved in the search,

A suspect is dead and a police officer has been shot in Jamaica, Queens after a gunpoint robbery led to a shootout on Tuesday evening, police sources said.

Five people, including two NYPD officers, were injured early Wednesday when a police cruiser crashed into two cars while responding to a robbery involving a U-Haul truck in Queens.