An NYPD sergeant was killed and another was wounded during a shootout with a suspect in the Bronx Friday afternoon.

Mayor Bill de Blasio identified the sergeant as Paul Tuozzolo of the 43rd Precinct.

De Blasio said the 41-year-old Tuozzolo was a 19-year veteran of the NYPD. Police Commissioner James O'Neill said he had worked in the 43rd Precinct for 10 years.

#NYPD Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo, 41, was shot and killed today while keeping the people of #NYC safe. Please keep him & his family in your thoughts pic.twitter.com/1kGUfTcVMd — Commissioner O'Neill (@NYPDONeill) November 5, 2016

According to O'Neill, a 911 call was made around 2:45 p.m. Friday from an apartment on Beach Avenue by a woman who said a man armed with a gun had broken into her apartment.

O'Neill said the suspect, who he identified as 35-year-old Manuel Rosales, fled the scene in a red Jeep. He said a patrol car observed the vehicle at Noble Court and Bronx River Avenue, about half a mile away from the original call, just after 2:50 p.m.

According to O'Neill, as officers approached the vehicle at 1575 Bronx River Avenue, Rosales fired at the officers with a semi-automatic handgun, striking two uniformed sergeants. Officers returned fire and struck Rosales.

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The sergeants were taken to Jacobi Hospital.

Tuozzolo was shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

O'Neill says the second sergeant, identified as Emmanuel Kwo, a nine-year veteran of the department, was shot in the leg and is in stable condition.

"I always talk about what a great job this is, but there's nothing worse than a day like today," O'Neill said.

De Blasio said Tuozzolo was the father of two children.

"The city is in mourning, and the family of the NYPD is in mourning, and particularly, all of the men and women of the 43rd Precinct are in mourning right now for the loss of a very good man, a devoted man, a man who committed his life to protecting all of us.

According to O'Neill, Rosales' 29-year-old estranged wife lives in the apartment he forcibly entered, and O'Neill said she and Rosales' 3-year-old son were in the apartment at the time. A 13-year-old child and a 50-year-old woman were in the apartment at the same time, according to O'Neill, who said the 50-year-old woman made the 911 call.

At the news conference, O'Neill said Rosales had 17 prior arrests on his record within Suffolk County on Long Island.

In a statement, Governor Andrew Cuomo expressed his sympathy for the families of the sergeants involved.

"Every day, the brave men and women of law enforcement selflessly serve our communities to keep the rest of us safe. Today, a sergeant in the New York City Police Department has made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, and another officer is undergoing treatment," Cuomo's statement reads.



"My deepest sympathies are with the families of the officers involved in today’s tragedy in the Bronx, and with Commissioner O’Neill and the NYPD as they cope with the loss of one of their own."