Corey Fisher, NYPD narcotics detective from Long Island, shot twice by fellow officers trying to prevent a carjacking Friday morning, police officials and sources say

A Queens NYPD narcotics detective from Long Island was shot twice Friday morning by police officers who opened fire while trying to stop a carjacking of an Uber driver off the Whitestone Expressway, police and sources said.

The 12-year veteran, identified by an NYPD spokesman as Det. Corey Fisher working in Queens south narcotics command, was struck in the leg and hand and was in surgery, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference at Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center. Two sources who were not authorized to speak publicly said the wounded detective lives on Long Island.

"Our officer is in stable condition and is both conscious and alert," the commissioner said.

An NYPD spokesperson said Saturday afternoon that Fisher remained stable and had not yet been released from the hospital, according to the latest information available to the public information office.

On Friday, officials said Fisher could be released from hospital as early as the weekend. Fisher’s family couldn’t be immediately reached for comment the day of the incident.

Police said Kevin Dubuisson, 28, of Queens, had assaulted an Uber driver parked on the shoulder of the Whitestone Expressway and was being pursued by Queens NYPD officers.

Dubuisson was arrested Friday on charges of robbery, assault, menacing, attempted robbery and two counts of attempted assault, according to police officer Katherine Fernandez, a spokesperson for the NYPD.

The injured detective was part of a narcotics unit returning from executing a search warrant when they attempted to help the patrol officers responding to the reported attack by blocking in the black Toyota Highlander as it turned on 22nd Road, Tisch said.

Three of the Queens patrol officers opened fire as the suspect tried to drive off, police said. Police body camera footage captured the encounter and will be reviewed as part of the investigation. The identities of the other officers involved were not known late Friday. 

Dubuisson was uninjured and arrested after the shooting, Tisch said. Police did not find a weapon at the scene. 

It was not immediately clear what prompted the police to fire their weapons.

The alleged carjacking was the third time Dubuisson tried to steal a car that morning, police said.

Dubuisson was accused of attempting to steal a car at a Mobil gas station on Parsons Boulevard and 20th Avenue in Queens at 8:40 a.m., but was scared off by employees, Tisch said. Two minutes later, he tried to carjack a woman across the street who reported he had a handgun, before he was chased off by the woman’s husband, Tisch said.

At about 8:52 a.m., the Uber driver reported the carjacking and said the suspect appeared to have a handgun, Tisch said.

The Uber driver got out of the Toyota SUV when he was assaulted by Dubuisson, who tried to drive away, Tisch said.

The driver called 911 and still had the remote key fob in his pocket, forcing the suspect to drive back, where he crashed into another vehicle, Tisch said.

As police raced to the scene, Dubuisson tackled the driver to the ground, took the keys and tried to drive away on 22nd Road, Tisch said.

It was not clear how the shooting unfolded, but police said it appeared that the narcotics officers were standing in the front of the Toyota and the patrol officers who fired were standing behind the SUV, police said.

Tisch said she met with the wounded officer and his family before surgery and "he is in good spirits."

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD officials visited the injured detective's family Friday morning at Jamaica Hospital, including his mother and his pregnant wife.

"These injuries are not life threatening and we expect him to make a full recovery," Adams said.

Tisch said Dubuisson has a lengthy criminal record with 10 arrests and four felony convictions, including several knifepoint robberies and assaults on police officers.

Dubuisson was released from prison in March and on parole for robbery. He was arrested Thursday on a theft of service charge in Manhattan and released with a desk appearance ticket, the officials said.

"Regardless of who shot our detective, there's one person responsible for starting the chain of events that landed us in the hospital today," Adams said. "This is a man who should have been behind bars, not on our streets."

Tisch echoed that sentiment.

"This chain of events, which could have ended quite differently, began because a career criminal, a person who has terrorized victims for nearly a decade, was allowed to continue his violence is free," Tisch said.

The shooting is the second in recent weeks of an NYPD officer. Last month Det. Didarul Islam was shot dead in the lobby of a Manhattan office building while on off-duty security detail.

In 2019, the NYPD had two incidents where police opened fire on other officers. One involved the death of Det. Brian Simonsen of Calverton who was killed in February of that year after officers fired their weapons dozens of times during a holdup of a cellphone store in Queens. Later that year Det. Ryan Mulkeen died in a friendly fire episode in a Bronx confrontation with an armed gunman.

Newsday's Arielle Dollinger and Janon Fisher contributed to this story.