Cop shoots, critically injures driver who
backed vehicle toward offi cers in Morrisania
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
A Bronx cop shot and critically
injured a young driver
who allegedly attempted to
mow offi cers down with his
vehicle during an attempted
traffi c stop on Sunday night,
police reported.
Authorities said the
18-year-old male driver, a
New Jersey resident who was
struck in the head, is recovering
at Lincoln Hospital, with
charges against him pending.
Three individuals inside the
vehicle at the time were not injured,
but were brought to the
42nd Precinct for questioning.
NYPD Chief of Department
Michael Corey said that the
Force Investigation Division
is reviewing the police shooting
to determine whether the
offi cer’s actions were appropriate.
Corey acknowledged
that NYPD policy prohibits
offi cers from fi ring “at a moving
vehicle unless something
other than the vehicle is being
used as a weapon,” though
each instance is reviewed on a
case-by-case basis.
Corey outlined the preliminary
details of the police
shooting, which occurred in
Morrisania at about 8 p.m. on
March 6 in the area of Boston
Road and East 165th Street.
Offi cers from the 42nd Precinct,
while on patrol in an
unmarked vehicle, spotted the
driver behind the wheel of a
black Jeep SUV blow through
several red lights while heading
northbound on Boston
Road, and began tailing him.
The Jeep came to a stop at
Boston Road and East 165th
Street, which his where the
offi cers maneuvered their unmarked
vehicle (with warning
lights activated) in front of the
SUV. A second unmarked police
car, also with lights activated,
then slipped in behind
the SUV, trapping it at the intersection.
That’s when things took a
turn for the worse, Corey said.
“As the offi cers exited their
vehicle, the Jeep backed up
and sped directly towards one
offi cer, who discharged his
weapon at the vehicle, striking
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the driver,” the chief said.
“The offi cers immediately began
to render life-saving aid to
the driver.”
Moments later, EMS
rushed the injured driver to
Lincoln Hospital in critical
condition. Two offi cers involved
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in the shooting were
brought to a local hospital for
evaluation, Corey added.
The responding offi cers’
bodycams were active during
the incident, and Corey said
the Force Investigation Division
is reviewing the footage
as part of their inquiry.
As of Monday morning, only
one of the three people inside
the Jeep SUV at the time of the
shooting remains in custody on
charges connected to an unrelated,
previous incident, law enforcement
sources said.
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