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Police Officer Lewis, Deputy Inspector Lewis, Police Officer Viglione. (NYPD photo)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- NYPD Deputy Inspector Jack Lewis and his son, Police Officer John Lewis, both of Oakwood, arrested two armed robbery suspects after a shooting over the weekend in Brooklyn.

The commanding officer of Brooklyn South Detective Operations had asked his son and his son's partner to accompany him on one of his last patrol shifts before his retirement, according to a statement from the NYPD's Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information.

While on patrol in Brooklyn, the three officers responded to a 911 call at 4:18 a.m. Saturday morning that reported a man was shot in front of NY Tracks Cafe on Ralph Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, they discovered a 37-year-old man who suffered one gunshot wound to his groin in an attempted robbery, according to the NYPD statement.

The father and son duo began to search the area for the suspects in their patrol car with a witness who stated he could identify the gunmen involved. Shortly thereafter, the witness spotted the suspects entering a grey BMW near a diner. The officers immediately confronted and arrested both the driver and passenger, police said.

They recovered a loaded 9mm handgun from the waistband of the driver and another handgun from the passenger as he attempted to hide it under the car, according to the NYPD statement.

The suspects, Jamel Childs, 25, and Jacob Jones, 36, both from Brooklyn, were each charged with five counts of attempted robbery, attempted grand larceny, three counts of assault, criminal use of a firearm, three counts of criminal possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment, according to an NYPD spokesman.

Deputy Inspector Lewis is retiring after serving in the NYPD for 28 years. Both his son, Officer Lewis, and his son's partner will complete two years of service in January out of the 71st Precinct.