Update: Fleeing Suspect Killed by Police, Report Says

Updated at 5:37 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015: Westchester County officials released the following announcement about the temporary closure of Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers while authorities continue their investigation into Tuesday’s chase and fatal police shooting:

TIBBETTS BROOK PARK WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT DUE TO THE ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION OF TODAY’S NYPD OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PARK WILL BE REOPENED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. [WESTCHESTER] COUNTY EXECUTIVE [ROB] ASTORINO WAS ON THE SCENE EARLIER TODAY AND RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE, WHO LEAD THE INVESTIGATION AS THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHIN THE COUNTY.

Updated at 2:48 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015: The New York Daily News reports that a suspect was killed and another person was injured in Tuesday’s chase from the Bronx onto the Saw Mill Parkway in Yonkers.

NYPD officers shot and killed the suspect near Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers. Two suspects were fleeing police in a silver Nissan when they crashed into another car on the Saw Mill, prompting police to temporarily shut down the thruway in both directions at about noon.

Details of the chase, and what started it, are still being investigated.

The pursuit and shut down of the Saw Mill snarled traffic in the area, and prompted the nearby Hastings-on-Hudson School District to place its school on “lock out” status, meaning students and faculty conducted classes as normal but no one was permitted into - or allowed to leave - any of the school buildings for about an hour.

“At approximately 12:15 PM today, we were contacted by the Hastings Police Department and told that the Saw Mill Parkway was closed in Yonkers following a crash that was reportedly tied to a police pursuit out of NYC,” wrote Hastings School Superintendent Dr. Roy Montesano in an email to parents. “Further, there were reports that the crash involved three men who were potentially armed. According to the reports we received, two men were in custody and police were in pursuit of the third suspect. As a precautionary measure, we placed our schools in a ’lock-out’ situation.”

He added that the lock out was handled professionally and that students and faculty were never in danger.

Updated at 1:34 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015: NYPD officers shot and killed a fleeing suspect in Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers Tuesday afternoon, reports CBS 2 News.

ABC7NY reported that two of three suspects were in police custody, but gunshots had been fired and police were pursuing the third suspect.

Original story: YONKERS, NY - A police search for a possibly armed suspect near the Saw Mill Parkway Tuesday afternoon shut down the thruway in both directions in the area of McLean Avenue, according to the Yonkers Police Department.

Members of the the Yonkers police are assisting the NYPD “for a search of a suspect who may have fled on foot into the park, the suspect may also be armed.”

The suspect was described as a black male. “Residents are advised to avoid the area if possible and report any suspicious persons who may be in this area.”

Multiple NYPD and Yonkers PD units were involved in the search.

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