The details are just coming in, but what is clear is that two NYPD officers were gunned down in their police vehicle earlier today. The perpetrator then ran into a subway and committed suicide.

“The perp came out of the houses, walked up behind the car and lit them up,” a high-ranking police official told the Daily News.

An NYPD spokesman confirmed to Fox News that two officers were shot in the incident and were immediately moved to a nearby hospital. Police later told The Associated Press that both officers died from their injuries..

The New York Post reported that both officers were shot in the head at point-blank range.

“It’s an execution,” one law enforcement source told The Post.

The gunman just started “pumping bullets” into the patrol car, another source said.

The suspect then fled to a nearby subway station before he shot and killed himself.

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Original reports that said the two officers were female were apparently incorrect. The officers have been tentatively identified, but no official statement has yet been released from the NYPD.