A recently retired NYPD captain shot another man in the leg during a road rage feud in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve, police sources said.
The retiree, who was driving a Toyota Corolla, clashed with a 22-year-old man behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz on Coney Island Avenue near Brighton Beach Avenue around 2:15 p.m., the sources said.
Both drivers got out of their vehicles and started to argue, according to the sources.
The confrontation took a violent turn when the former cop fired off a gun, hitting the other motorist in the left leg, the sources said.
The wounded man was taken to NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.
The retired captain was taken to the same hospital, and it remained unclear Monday whether he would face charges.
He had just retired in October after 18 years of service, due to his disability pension, according to the sources.