Off-duty NYPD cop critically ill after being mugged by THREE men during his morning jog in the Bronx

A veteran police officer is fighting for his life after he was mugged by three men while on his morning jog through the Bronx.

The unnamed officer, an 18-year veteran assigned to the Central Park precinct, was running through the Soundview district at 10:30am when he was attacked.

He was discovered lying on the sidewalk bleeding from his ear on Olmstead Avenue, between Lafayette and Turnbull Avenues.

The officer was taken to Jacobi hospital and diagnosed with a fractured skull and bleeding from the brain.

His condition is critical, sources told DailyMail.com.

The officer was unable to stand or speak when he was found.

The unnamed officer was attacked on Tuesday morning while jogging down this street, Olmstead Avenue, in the Soundview area of the Bronx

A bystander told police that the man – who had no ID on him, and was not immediately recognized as a member of the NYPD – had been attacked by three black men, who then sped away in a black Honda Accord.

Mayor Eric Adams arrived at the hospital on Tuesday night, sources told The New York Post.