Yonkers detective shot; saved by his brother

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"With a week left to retirement and still going out and risking your life, it just goes to show the amount of dedication and tenacity that he has," PBA president Keith Olson said.

Just a week from retirement, Menton was shot in the stomach by a suspect in an Elm Street bodega Wednesday afternoon during a firearms investigation. As he was losing blood and fast, his brother, James, an NYPD detective in the same special unit as Menton, put him in his own police vehicle and rushed him to Jacobi Medical Center, PBA head Keith Olson said.

“I wouldn’t even say probably, even the doctors said he saved his life,” Olson said.

A chaotic scene unfolded shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday when members of the Westchester Safe Streets Task Force attempted to arrest three men, according to police. Two of the suspects went into a bodega and got into confrontation with law enforcement officials, Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller said Wednesday.

As one of the suspects tried to get past the police, he shot Menton once in the stomach, Mueller said. An FBI agent returned fire and fatally shot the suspect inside the bodega, Mueller said. The incident occurred in a matter of seconds and was caught on video inside the bodega, Mueller said. 

It happened at the intersection of Elm and Linden streets just off Nepperhan Ave. it's a block and a half from St. Casimir Catholic Church - I know exactly the intersection.