A bystander accidentally shot by an undercover officer with the New York City Police Department during a botched firearms sting has died, police said on Saturday.

The man was identified as Felix Kumi, 61. The New York Times reports that he was shot twice in the torso as the officer involved fired at a man involved in the sting, a 37-year-old who was not immediately named. That man was shot three times and has been hospitalized in serious condition.

Kumi died early Saturday morning at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, police said. Detective Michael DeBonis, an NYPD spokesman, said the sting was part of a “long-terms firearms investigation.” From the Times:

The police said that undercover officers in the past had purchased numerous firearms from him. He contacted an undercover police officer on Friday and asked to meet in the Bronx so that he could sell the officer a gun, Detective DeBonis said. When the officer arrived, the dealer asked him to drive them to Mount Vernon in Westchester County, about one mile from the New York City border.

The gun dealer, whom the police department identified as Jeffrey Aristy, 28, asked to be taken to the intersection of Beekman and Tecumseh Avenues. When they arrived, Detective DeBonis said, a third man, the 37 year old, climbed into the back seat of the car, held a gun to the officer’s head and demanded his money. After the robber took the officer’s money and started to run away, he pointed his gun at the officer, the police said. The undercover officer climbed out of his vehicle and opened fire, striking the robber three times in the torso, the detective said. He also accidentally shot Mr. Kumi, who was standing nearby, the police said.

A second team of undercover officers nearby shot at the robber as he fled, firing several rounds, Detective DeBonis said.

Aristy escaped during the gunfight, the Times reports, but was later arrested and charged with criminal sale of firearms and criminal sale of a controlled substance.

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