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March 29 - April 4, 2019
Charges for shot arsonist in Bayside
Cops fi red on Queens Village man who hit police car and set blaze outside 111th Precinct
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Two officers shot a man
who allegedly charged at them
with a knife after ramming his
vehicle into a police car outside
Bayside’s 111th Precinct on
Sunday afternoon, then tried
to set it and his own automobile
on fire.
The suspect, a male
in his 30s, is currently in
stable condition at NewYork-
Presbyterian Queens Hospital
after being hit several times in
the torso and leg, NYPD Chief
of Patrol Rodney Harrison
said during a March 24 press
conference at the scene. The
suspect’s identity has not yet
been disclosed.
Harrison said the trouble
began at 3 p.m. on March 24
outside the 111th Precinct
stationhouse located at the
corner of Northern Boulevard
and 215th Street.
Based on a preliminary
investigation, police learned
that the man rammed his own
vehicle into an unmarked
NYPD patrol car.
He then exited from his
own car and began spraying an
accelerant onto both vehicles
before lighting his own car on
fire, Harrison said.
Two officers from the
NEW PEDIATRIC UNIT UNVEILED IN FLUSHING
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens held a ribbon cutting on March 19 to celebrate the opening of a new Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit
(PIMU). The PIMU will provide an increased level of care from the pediatric team 24 hours a day to serve acutely ill children and
those with illnesses whose condition requires a longer hospital stay. Shown at the ribbon cutting are (from left to right) Alan Levin,
chief nursing officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens; Jaclyn Mucaria, president; Joseph J. Abularrage, MD, chairman, Department of
Pediatrics; Carla Cangemi, MD, director, Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit; Amir Jaffer, MD, chief medical officer; Maureen Buglino,
vice president, Ambulatory Care; and Larissa Elgin, clinical nursing director, Maternal Child Health.
Photo courtesy of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens/Adriana Lopetrone
the suspect.
“The subject brandished
a knife and charged at the
officers,” Harrison noted,
leading both officers to fire their
weapons several times.
Police recovered the knife the
suspect allegedly brandished,
a 12-inch kitchen knife. Police
displayed a photo of the weapon
during the press conference.
The two officers involved
in the shooting were taken to
North Shore University Hospital
in Manhasset for an evaluation,
Harrison said.
A probe is now being
conducted by the NYPD
Force Investigation Division,
according to the chief.
precinct then went to confront
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