Driver of stolen car shot to death by police officers in Brooklyn: NYPD
EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Police officers shot and killed a suspect who tried to hit them with a stolen car in Brooklyn on Tuesday, according to the NYPD.
Members of the NYPD's community response team were on the Belt Parkway near Bay 8th Street around 8 p.m. when they noticed a white Porsche with suspicious plates, according to NYPD Chief of Department John Chell. He said officers ran the plates, which revealed that the car had been stolen out of Pennsylvania.
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Officers tried to pull the car over at Cropsey Avenue, according to Chell. He said the Porsche then exited the Belt Parkway and sped back onto it going east.
The responding officers decided not to pursue and called other precincts to report that the stolen car was heading in their direction, according to Chell. Officers at Exit 13 tried to intercept the Porsche when it maneuvered onto a service road, police said.
The car continued to approach several officers, who set up a roadblock to stop it, when it nearly hit one of them, according to Chell. That's when one of the officers fired a shot, striking the driver of the Porsche, police said.
The car continued to one more exit at Pennsylvania Avenue, where it struck a police cruiser, according to Chell.
Police said officers performed life-saving measures on the 28-year-old driver, who was on federal probation for the interstate transport of stolen vehicles out of Pennsylvania. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, according to authorities.
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Police said a passenger was also in the Porsche at the time and was taken into custody. Charges are pending, according to the NYPD.
Police said the incident was caught on officers' body-worn cameras.
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Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
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