A hero cop from Westchester who has already been lauded for taking a bullet in the jaw in the line of duty has been named the 2018 Woman of Distinction by the 35th Senate District in New York. Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins recently announced the distinction for Yonkers Police Officer Kayla Maher, who was shot in the jaw as she approached two suspected criminals in a car last year.

Katherine Creag reports. A police officer was shot in her jaw in a firefight on a residential Yonkers street Monday night, officials say The officer was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition; one of two suspects was also injured, authorities say The officer and her partner were answering a call about a suspicious vehicle at Rumsey Road and Park Hill Avenue, police say The young man who shot a Yonkers police officer in the jaw in a dramatic firefight on a residential street Monday night was arrested in May on a weapons charge that, by law, should've put him in jail for up to three years, law enforcement sources familiar with the case tell the I-Team.