NYPD officer shot in Brooklyn during confrontation with suspect

A police officer was shot in the leg in Brooklyn on Friday morning while responding to a barricaded gunman who is now dead, according to police and sources.

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NYPD officers responded to a report of shots fired in Bedford-Stuyvesant and kicked in the front door of a home at 190 Kosciusko Street around 5:45 a.m., cops and sources said.

More gunshots erupted as people ran out of the house and the man barricaded himself inside the residence.

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One officer suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg, police said.

The officer was rushed to a local hospital where he is in stable condition.

The suspect, who has not been identified, is dead, sources said. It was not immediately clear how he was killed.

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Police confirmed that the situation has been contained and is no longer active. 

The investigation is ongoing.