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marzo 19, 2024
NYPD officers shot lifeless a gunman who they mentioned opened fireplace on two individuals he was chasing on a Brooklyn avenue Monday night.
The cops have been trying to find a potential shooter in East Flatbush after a number of 911 callers reported listening to gunshots, seeing a person with a firearm and witnessing a dispute simply earlier than 6 p.m.
4 officers who have been canvassing the neighborhood in an unmarked automobile turned the nook at East 57th Road and Remsen Avenue and stumbled upon the dramatic pursuit, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell mentioned.
The 20-year-old suspect was working after one other man and a lady whereas taking pictures a gun at them, he mentioned.
“Our officers bounce out rapidly. They maintain the menace,” Chell mentioned.
The suspect was shot “quite a few instances” and pronounced lifeless at Kings County Hospital, based on the chief.
The 2 individuals he was chasing weren’t injured.
“As soon as once more tonight, you see New York Metropolis law enforcement officials working in direction of hazard, working in the course of gunfire, stopping the menace and saving two individuals’s lives,” Chell mentioned at a press convention close to the identical intersection.
The officers concerned have been taken to native hospitals for commentary.
A 60-year-old man was shot on a close-by block nevertheless it’s instantly unclear how.
“We’re unsure how that occurred,” Chell mentioned.
He’s anticipated to outlive his accidents, police mentioned.
A gun was recovered from the scene.
Police didn’t reveal what led as much as the gun chase.
