Det. Terry Avent, a 21-year veteran and member of the NYPD’s Elite Emergency Services Unit, was executing a search warrant inside a Madison St. apartment building near Water St. at about 5

"I ask our elected officials up in Albany, our DAs and our judges: What are you doing here?" said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, after a convicted felon shot and injured a police officer Tuesday. (Read more on Patch.

Gunman fires at police during a search warrant at Vladeck Houses, leading to a standoff; no injuries reported.

An NYPD detective was shot during a standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment on the Lower East Side.

A police officer was shot Tuesday morning while attempting to serve a warrant on the Lower East Side, NYPD sources said. Law enforcement sources said the department’s Emergency Service Unit attempted to enter an apartment at 384 Madison St.