opened fire and wounded james hayes of engine company 158. firefighter is down. no further information. reporter: heavily armed officers converged on the neighborhood and the negotiating team spent hours trying to convince garland tyree to surrender. mother from delaware. they exchanged that they loved each other. and at that point, he said he was going to surrender. reporter: officers determine he was wearing body armor. they recovered handguns with 100 rounds of ammunition. garland tyree was a former gang member with 18 arrests in the last 20 years. violation. of mental illness. they are also investigating the handguns they recovered to figure out where they came from. as for the lieutenant, he was struck in the ankle and the hip. he could be released as early as tomorrow. n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you n.j. a spokesperson confirms mayor de blasio went to the gym in park slope 80 minutes before he visited the wounded firefighter. the mayor spok
dari: we appreciate that. steve: the mayor taking flak for his absence during the standoff. dari: particularly because he was working out at a gym in park slope, brooklyn. dan bowens is live on staten island to tell us how the mayor has responded to all this criticism. reporter: this all unfolded on destiny court in staten island on the other side of that large black nypd vehicle. officers out here still collecting evidence. you can see the yellow evidence markers, likely many of the shell casings that were fired during the shootout. while the shootout and standoff unfolded, mayor de blasio as you mentioned was at a gym working out according to his aides for 80 minutes, the mayor refusing to answer questions about this as he briefed the public on what happened here according to the nypd. the suspect set off a smoke bomb when police tried to enter his apartment earlier this morning. that s when lieutenant james hayes entered the residence and was shot in the left calf and bu
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