3 officers were hospitalized after an 'unknown substance' was slipped into their Shake Shack drink, NYPD says

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• Three New York City police officers were hospitalized after consuming an "unknown substance" inside their Shake Shack milkshakes, the NYPD public information office confirmed to Business Insider. 
• All three officers are in stable condition and were taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The incident is being investigated. 
• Paul DiGiacomo, President of the Detectives' Endowment Association, said in a statement on Monday night that the three officers were "intentionally poisoned by one or more workers at the Shake Shack at 200 Broadway in Manhattan." 
• The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York said in a statement posted to Twitter that the officers discovered "a toxic substance, believed to be bleach, had been placed in their beverages" at some point during their meal. 
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Three officers were hospitalized after consuming an "unknown substance" inside their Shake Shack milkshakes, the NYPD Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information confirmed to Business Insider. 

According to DCPI, the incident occurred at a Shake Shack location in downtown Manhattan and is being investigated. All three officers are in stable condition and were taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

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