A 23-year-old man has dodged death after being shot 21 times by police during a shoot-out at a New York street party.
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****** confirmed Angel Alvarez was even talking after the shoot-out
Four armed officers fired 46 bullets at Angel Alvarez after he allegedly shot a fellow partygoer - but they missed all his vital organs.
The suspect remains in a critical condition after being hit in his arms, legs, abdomen and jaw.
Alvarez's ****** told the New York Daily News he is already talking in hospital and is expected to survive.
He allegedly shot Luis Soto, 21, after a row over a woman before turning his *** on officers who were monitoring the Harlem street party.
Two policemen and three bystanders were also wounded, though none seriously, in an ensuing *** battle along Lenox Avenue and 143rd Street, at 3am on Sunday.
Tests later showed the bullet that ****** Mr Soto was fired from a police ***.
Police had initially claimed Alvarez ****** Mr Soto dead before shooting at officers.
A forensic pathologist told the Daily News that Alvarez's survival against a hail of bullets was unprecedented.
"I would say more than 20 gunshot wounds is a record," Dr Vincent DiMaio said.
"Of course, the real issue is where you get shot. One bullet can **** you, but believe it or not, a body can survive a lot of bullet wounds."
