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2 New York police officers shot, wounded, taken to hospital

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ADDS UPDATE OF ONE OFFICER FATALLY SHOT - New York City Police Officers gather at a shooting scene in the Bronx borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. say two New York City police sergeants were shot, one fatally, in a gun battle with a home invasion suspect. A police spokesman says the robbery suspect was killed in the gun fire exchange. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (The Associated Press)

ADDS UPDATE OF ONE OFFICER FATALLY SHOT - New York City Police Officers gather at a shooting scene in the Bronx borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. say two New York City police sergeants were shot, one fatally, in a gun battle with a home invasion suspect. A police spokesman says the robbery suspect was killed in the gun fire exchange. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (The Associated Press)

Authorities say two New York City police officers have been shot and wounded.

A New York Police Department spokeswoman says the injured officers have been taken to a Bronx hospital. She has no information on their conditions.

She says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon in the borough's Parkchester neighborhood.

The circumstances of the shooting are unclear.