NYPD investigating whether three officers poisoned with bleach at Shake Shack

By Daniel Chaitin

Published June 16, 2020 3:49am ET

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The New York City Police Department is investigating whether three officers were poisoned Monday evening at a Shake Shack in Lower Manhattan.

The Detectives’ Endowment Association, a labor union supporting 20,000 active and retired detectives in New York City, said the three officers, who were not immediately identified, were “intentionally poisoned” by one or more workers at the Shake Shake restaurant on Broadway and Fulton Street.

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