Crime & Safety
Shooting Suspects T-Bone Police Car In Getaway Attempt in Bed-Stuy: NYPD
A Nissan Altima raced down a Bed-Stuy street Wednesday night, ran a red light and crashed into a marked police car, said an NYPD spokesman.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Two officers were injured Wednesday night when two shooting suspects raced through a red light and t-boned their police car, according to an NYPD spokesman.
Plainclothes officers heard gunshots near Saratoga Avenue and Halsey Street around 10:50 p.m., then saw a dark 2005 Nissan Altima careening away down MacDonough Avenue near Howard avenue, police said.
The Brooklyn North Gang Unit officers signaled to the driver to stop, but he ran a red light and, at the intersection of MacDonough and Ralph avenues, slammed into a marked police car with two officers inside it, according to police.
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PHOTO: police car that was involved in an accident at the corner of Macdonough St. and Ralph Ave. in Brooklyn. via @nypmetro pic.twitter.com/5yWnpME2Mo
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One of the Nissan's occupants was propelled through the windshield and rushed to Kings County Hospital in serious condition, said police. The other, a 19-year-old, was taken into police custody.
The two officers sustained minor injuries and did not require hospitalization, said police.
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Investigators found a handgun near 577 MacDonough Ave. — which matches shell casings found near Saratoga Avenue and Halsey Street — that they believe was thrown from the Nissan.
No injuries were reported from the Saratoga Avenue shots, said police.
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