A quick foot chase in a Brooklyn neighborhood ended with police taking pictures a suspect accused of slashing one other man at a males’s shelter.
The NYPD stated a 911 name got here in round 11:40 p.m. Friday for experiences of a slashing at a Flatbush shelter on Duryea Place. When responding officers arrived, a 29-year-old suspect fled on foot.
NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell stated, at an in a single day press briefing, the officers ran after the suspect for almost three blocks earlier than making a sudden cease on twenty first Road and “multiple intentional movements,” like he had a firearm. Then he allegedly charged on the officer.
“This encounter took approximately four seconds. At this time, our officer had to defend himself. He fired his weapon multiple times, striking the preparator twice,” Chell stated.
Investigators on the scene recovered a knife and “an additional cutting instrument,” the chief stated. The 29-year-old alleged slasher was taken to the hospital and was anticipated to outlive. Costs had been nonetheless pending as of Saturday morning.
Police stated the suspect has a number of prior arrests and a previous conviction, together with a stabbing a number of months in the past in Manhattan had been he allegedly slashed two folks utilizing a pair of scissors.
