NY DAILY NEWS: Yonkers police officer shot in chin identified as Kayla Maher

The Yonkers Police Officer shot in the chin last night was identified Tuesday as Kayla Maher, a two-year veteran of the force.

Maher, 26, had responded to a routine call with her partner to check on a car which seemed out of place at about 8 p.m. on Ridge Drive and Marshall Road.

The officers were responding to a call from a neighbor, who saw the car parked in a remote spot on the quaint residential street, sources said.

As the cops got near the car, one of the two men inside pulled out a pistol and started blasting. The officers returned fire and shot one of the suspects....

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