brian mckean died after investigating gang activity in the bronx. >> reporter: this is tragic.:30 this morning the officer was patrolling an area of the bronx that has been plagued recently with gang activities and shootings so he and two other officers were in the area, got out of their vehicle to question someone they thought was suspicious. when they got out of their car this man started running so they chased him. that's when nypd says a violent struggle followed between the officer and the suspect and shots were fired. the officer was struck three times. five other police officers fired at the suspect and the suspect died. nypd says this suspect did have a weapon on him but that weapon did not fire. here's what the police chief said. >> at this point it does not appear that the perpetrator's gun was the one that was fired. the officer's gun fired five times. at this point we're not sure who fired the officer's gun. >> there are a lot of questions that still have to be answered here but still all together extremely sad. >> terrible. thank you so much. >>> still ahead, we he