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New York City Police officer shot during an incident in East Harlem late Thursday night has died.

The shooting took place near the corner of 124h Street and Second Avenue, at approximately 10:30 p.m. The officer was was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition, but succumbed to his injuries.

Police said the officer, who had just gotten off work, was shot and killed by a fellow officer while chasing a suspect who had broken into his car.

The shooting happened within blocks of a Harlem police station.

said the 25-year-old officer, Omar Edwards, died about an hour later at Harlem hospital.

Edwards noticed a man rummaging through his car and starting chasing him with his gun drawn.

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Nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee

A history-making selection behind him, President Barack Obama is pressing the Senate to quickly confirm federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.