84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Unwelcome house
guest
Cops cuffed a foul-mouthed suspect
who barged into a Monroe
Place apartment on July 28.
According to the report, the
suspect followed a woman into her
apartment building near Pierrepont
Street at 11:30 am, then followed her
into her own apartment. When the
woman’s husband confronted him,
the man said “I’m here to f---- your
wife.”
Cops arrested the man and
charged him with burglary.
Blood spitter
Cops cuffed a man for assaulting
a police offi cer on Schermerhorn
Street on July 29.
According to the report, offi cers
saw the man breaking a car window
near Smith Street at 10:00 am. When
they confronted him, he punched
an offi cer in the face, spat blood at
other offi cers, and said “I’ll kill all
of you.”
Cops cuffed the man and charged
him with felony assault and robbery.
Out of the bag
Some lunatic assaulted a woman
on Myrtle Avenue on DeJuly 27, police
say.
The victim told cops she was
walking near Flatbush Avenue at
7:50 pm when the loon hit her in the
head with a bag full of groceries and
said “I was here fi rst!”
Slashed
A criminal brutally assaulted
and robbed a man on Dekalb Avenue
on July 27, police say.
The victim told cops he was
walking near Fulton Street at 4:15
pm when the crook came from behind
and tried to steal his camera.
The victim resisted, but the thief
took out a knife and slashed him in
the face.
The victim was taken to Brooklyn
Hospital in stable condition.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Leave the wings,
take the sandwich
A criminal assaulted a clerk on
Flatbush Avenue on July 26, police
say.
According to the report, the store
clerk confronted his assailant at
around 7:18 pm for trying to walk out
of the 7/11 store near Fulton Street
with Buffalo Wings, when he socked
him in the face twice, dropped the
wings, and walked out with a tuna
salad sandwich instead.
COURIER L 8 IFE, AUGUST 6-12, 2021
Broomed!
Some lout assaulted a guy on Carlton
Avenue on July 29, police say.
The victim told cops the madman
smacked him in the head with
a broomstick near Myrtle Avenue at
around 9:44 pm.
Snatched!
Some punk robbed a woman in
Commodore Barry Park on July 29,
according to the NYPD.
The victim told cops she was
walking near the park on Park Avenue
near Tillary Street at around
5:55 pm when the thief came up from
behind her and snatched her purse.
Vanishing purse
Two sneaks stole a purse from a
business owner on Waverly Avenue
on July 28, police say.
The victim told cops two women
came into her salon near Park Avenue
at 5:13 pm inquiring about
prices. After they left, the store
owner noticed her purse was missing,
and saw that her debit cards
were used to make unauthorized
purchases. .
— Ben Verde
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Droppin in
A housebreaker nabbed $5,000
from a bedroom drawer of a 21st Avenue
home on July 4.
The victim told police she went
to water her plants outside of her
home between 67th and 68th streets
and returned inside around 9 am to
fi nd her drawer open and the money
missing.
Curbside pickup
A bandit swiped a gold necklace
from a man walking his dog on Avenue
S on July 5.
The victim told police the goodfor
nothing coaxed him to her car
between Lake Street and McDonald
Avenue asking for directions
around 2:50 pm and swiped the
man’s necklace when attempting
to give him a gold chain for his
dog.
Taken
Brigands stole a motorcycle
which was later found damaged in
front of an E. Eighth Street home on
July 8.
Police said the victim traced the
motorcycle with a tracking device to
where it was parked between Caton
Avenue and Friel Place and called
the NYPD when he arrived around
1:25 am and found the motorcycle
damaged.
— Jessica Parks
Cops kill man in Bushwick
after liquor store shootout
A shooting left one suspect critcally wounded and three others hurt at BoardWalk
Wine & Spirits on Halsey Street on June 8th.
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
Police on Thursday night, July 8,
shot and killed a gunman who they
say shot three people at a Bushwick
liquor store just minutes before.
Uniformed members of the Police
Department’s Public Safety
Unit were patrolling near the intersection
of Halsey Street and Wilson
Avenue by Irving Square Park at
around 10:30 p.m. when they heard
gunfi re, NYPD Chief of Patrol
Juanita Holmes said at a press conference
following the shooting.
The offi cers headed a few blocks
south of the intersection to Boardwalk
Wine and Spirits, where they
encountered three people who’d
been shot. Surrounded by shattered
glass from the blown-out storefront,
the victims told offi cers that the
gunman had fl ed the scene on foot,
turning west onto Wilson Avenue.
Offi cers “immediately gave
chase,” said Holmes, adding that
body camera footage reviewed by
the department shows the responding
cops approaching the alleged
gunman, who was crouched on the
sidewalk in front of a nearby home
halfway down the block, and demanded
he drop his fi rearm.
“They observed the man holding
a fi rearm in his left hand, and
gave commands for the man to drop
the gun,” Holmes said. “The man
does not comply and instead raises
the fi rearm in the direction of the
offi cers.”
The offi cers then shot at the suspect,
who was hit by at least one of
their bullets. He was taken to Wyckoff
Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead.
Holmes said the cops involved in
the shooting were taken to an area
hospital for observation. The three
victims who were shot on Halsey
Street are also being treated at area
hospitals. Police have not yet released
the identities of the victims.
A least one fi rearm belonging
to the suspect was recovered at
the scene, and the investigation remains
active and ongoing by the
Force Investigation in conjunction
with the Detective Bureau.
One witness said she was
stunned by the gun-down.
“That liquor store is always
calm,” said Stacy Clark. “I am surprised
something would happen
there.”
However, shootings are up
nearly 86 percent year-to-date in the
83rd Precinct, where the Thursday
night shootout occurred, according
to NYPD data. As of July 4 of this
year, there were 18 reported shootings
in the precinct, compared to
just seven during the same time period
in 2020.
Local resident Tina Richardson
told amNewYork Metro that
there’s “always something going on
on these two blocks,” referring to
the blocks surrounding the liquor
store.
“This is the third shooting I’ve
seen on this block,” she said.
Additional reporting by Lloyd
Mitchell