BY BEN VERDE
Police shot and killed a man
during a wild gun battle
near the Gowanus housing
projects on Tuesday night.
Two plainclothes officers
with the 76th Precinct were
on Hoyt Street patrolling in
an unmarked car at around
8 pm, when they heard gunshots
and went to investigate,
according to police.
The cops confronted the
shooter on Baltic Street
between Hoyt and Bond
streets, and the resulting
fire fight ended with police
shooting 30-year-old
Nasueen Prioleau several
times, cops said.
A 9mm semi-automatic
handgun was recovered
from the scene, according to
police.
Cops say Prioleau had a
lengthy rap-sheet, and had
been released from jail on
parole last week after serving
five years for robbery.
“This incident also underscores
the urgency of
getting illegal firearms off
our streets,” said NYPD
Chief of Department Terrence
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Monahan, who spoke
to reporters at a press conference
following the shooting
Tuesday night.
Prioleau was transported
to Brookdale Hospital where
doctors pronounced him
dead at around 1 am. The
two officers were uninjured,
but were taken to a separate
hospital for evaluation, authorities
say.
Gowanus residents say
violence between police and
locals is a regular occurrence.
“I’m sick and tired of
this, regardless of whether
he deserved it or not,” said
Zac Martin, a community
organizer in Gowanus who
was observing the crime
scene.
Other residents questioned
if the NYPD had been
too trigger–happy in their attempt
to disarm the suspect.
“It doesn’t take more than
two bullets or one bullet to
really disarm someone,”
said Shanduke McPhatter,
who claimed to know the
suspect. “So often, NYPD or
law enforcement as a whole
believes that the most shots
is the way to stop it.”
Police recovered a 9mm semi-automatic
Taurus handgun from the
scene following the shootout. NYPD
Police investigate the shooting near Hoyt and Baltic streets Tuesday
night. Photo by Ben Verde
Gowanus gun battle
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