A police officer shot a man in the Bronx on Wednesday night after the man opened fire and critically wounded another person — then pointed a gun at officers, the authorities said.

Officers responded to White Plains Road and Cranford Avenue around 7:50 p.m. when they heard three to five gunshots, Rodney Harrison, the New York Police Department’s Chief of Patrol Services, said at a news conference.

The officers determined that there had been a dispute between two men, in which of one of the men shot the other in the arm.

As the officers pursued the gunman, Chief Harrison said, the man pointed a silver firearm at the officers but did not fire. An officer then fired one round at the gunman, striking him in the torso, Chief Harrison said.

The gunman, whose name was not immediately released, fled but collapsed after running about 200 feet. He was then taken into custody, given aid and taken to a hospital, where he was in stable condition, Chief Harrison said. The man who was shot in the arm was also at a hospital, in critical condition, the chief said.

A week earlier two police officers fired between 20 and 25 rounds during a chase and gun battle in the Bronx that left a gunman, a female bystander and a 12-year-old girl injured, the authorities said.

Then, on Sunday, the police fired at least 10 rounds at a man who came toward them with a knife on Staten Island, killing him, the authorities said. During the episode, a police officer was also shot in the stomach.

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