A plainclothes New York City police officer was shot in the face at Tuesday 1. ______ ni

ght while pursuing a man at a Brooklyn housing project, but evading life- 2. ______ threatening injuries in what the mayor called a remarkable stroke of good fortune. At Bellevue Hospital Center, doctors removed the bullet from the skull of the officer, Kevin Brennan, 29, a six-year veteran from Long Island. He remained there Tuesday night in critical but unstable condition. 3.______ Police caught the suspected gunman, Luis Ortiz, in a building near 4. ______ hours after he exchanged gunfire with Mr. Brennan. The officer fired one round, but Mr. Ortiz was not stuck. 5. ______ During the news conference, Mr. Kelly held the bullet aloft in a plastic container, proclaiming Mr. Brennan "one lucky man". Mr. Brennan, thus 6, ______ passing in and out of consciousness, was expected to make a full recovery. "Mr. Brennans young daughter," Mr. Bloomberg said, "has no reason to believe in that her daddy wouldnt be there to see her crawl for the first 7. ______ time, and, in good time, to dance at her wedding". The shooting was occurred about 9 p.m. near 370 Bushwick Avenue, 8. ______ on the first floor of a building in the Bushwick Houses project, in the 90th Precinct. Mr. Brennan and two other officers pursued the suspect in return to 9. ______ a report of a man with a gun. Mr. Brennan was the first inside the building. Around 10 p.m., officers could be seen entering one building. Police dogs were also present. As scores of other officers swarmed a site, 10.______ helicopters buzzed overhead.