Suffolk County Police today arrested a Coram man after he shot a police officer in Coram.
Sixth Precinct officers were conducting surveillance on a Norfleet Lane home after receiving
information that Janell Funderburke, who was wanted for an armed robbery that occurred two days earlier, was inside.
Funderburke exited the home and upon seeing officers, he fled. One officer pursued the suspect on foot and Funderburke fired two shots at the officer, striking him in the right thigh, in front of 86 Homestead Drive at approximately 12:50 a.m.
The officer, a six-year veteran of the department assigned to the Sixth Precinct Anti-Crime Unit, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital via police vehicle and will undergo surgery.
Funderburke, 20, of 98 Homestead Drive, was charged with Attempted Aggravated Murder and Robbery 1st Degree. He is being held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on May 12.