The FBI has joined the investigation. Video from NewsCopter 7 showed agents on the scene amid multiple yellow evidence markers on the ground.
WATCH: NewsCopter 7 overhead after officers wounded
The incident happened at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday near Church and Flatbush avenues.
Police say two officers were on an anti-looting patrol when a man walked up and stabbed one of those officers on the left side of his neck.
Seconds later, officers nearby heard gunshots and ran towards the scene.
"We believe that when they got there they saw the perp with a gun in his hand that we believe belonged to one of the officers," said Police Commissioner Dermot Shea. "It appears to be a complete cowardly, despicable, unprovoked attack on a defenseless police officer. And thank God we're not planning a funeral right now."
Three officers were injured and rushed to Kings County Hospital, where many gathered overnight.
One officer was stabbed, the suspect's knife missing a major artery. Two others were shot in the hand. All three officers are in stable condition.
The suspect is in critical condition after he was shot by responding officers.
There were 22 shots fired.
It wasn't immediately clear where the shooting came from, whether the stabber had gained control of the officer's gun or whether the officers shot were hit in a ricochet situation by friendly fire bullets.
The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.
The NYPD is reviewing body camera footage as they work to determine exactly how the incident unfolded.
Commissioner Shea issued a call for the violence on his officers to stop, and said that words matter after days of protest.
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