A police officer exchanged gunfire with a man on Staten Island on Sunday, with no one struck, according to cop sources.
It was the city’s fourth police-involved shooting in as many days.
The gunman was confronted by an officer on foot patrol after the suspect fired around 3:50 p.m., sources said. It was not immediately clear who the suspect’s intended target was.
A large crime scene with at least three shell casings was seen at Vanderbilt and Hillside avenues in Fox Hills.
Further details were not immediately known.
Sunday’s incident came after a stunning series of police-involved shootings within the span of just a few hours last week.
A 78-year-old Brooklyn man who answered a door knock with a gun in his hand was fatally shot by two NYPD officers Thursday afternoon.
Hours later, cops shot and wounded a man when he pointed a gun at them on the catwalk of elevated tracks by a Bronx subway station on Thursday night, according to authorities.
It turned out to be plastic, but lacked an orange tip, according to a criminal complaint.
Suspect Remie Sanchez was slapped with charges including unlawful possession or use of an imitation pistol and placed on supervised release following a court appearance, the Bronx DA’s office said Sunday.
Also Thursday, police shot a suspect who advanced toward them with a knife after stabbing a church security guard in Jamaica, Queens.