Story highlights Suspect died of apparent self-inflicted wound

One officer suffered facial wound; other hit in abdomen

Mayor praises "brave" officers, says they are in good condition

New York (CNN) Two New York Police Department officers who were shot in the Bronx on Thursday night are in good condition while the suspected shooter is dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

As many as three suspects are in custody, according to police.

The two officers, one male and one female, were on a patrol in a housing complex in the South Bronx when they and another officer encountered two men in a stairwell, First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker told reporters.

One of the men in the stairwell fired at the officers and fled to an apartment of an acquaintance.

Giselle Cruz, who lives directly across the street, told CNN she heard five or six gunshots.

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