Police fatally shoot Wakefi eld burglary suspect
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, J 10 JAN. 28-FEB. 3, 2022 BTR
The NYPD’s Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey at a Jan. 20 press briefi ng regarding a
police-involved shooting. Photos Adrian Childress
A picture of the gun used by the shooter, which was retrieved
from the Bronx River by police.
The month’s non-stop violence in
the Bronx continued Jan. 20, when
an armed 27-year-old man, with
three prior arrests, was shot dead
by police after he broke into a home
in Wakefi eld.
According to the NYPD’s Chief
of Department Kenneth E. Corey,
around 1:30 p.m., offi cers from the
47th Precinct responded to a 911 call
of an intruder at a residence at East
224th Street and Bronx Boulevard.
Upon arrival, police quickly encountered
a man with a gun in the
apartment.
They ordered him
to drop the weapon,
but he refused, police
said. One offi -
cer then attempted
to use a taser, but
the suspect ran into
a nearby bedroom
and jumped out a
window.
“Responding offi -
cers pursued the individual,
still with a
gun in his hand, into
the street, across a
park, winding up
next to the Bronx
River, all while repeatedly
commanding
the male to drop
his gun,” Corey
said.
The suspect then turned towards
the offi cers with his gun pointed at
them and the cops discharged multiple
rounds, striking him in the
torso and arm. The bullets did not
stop him, and he then jumped into
the Bronx River.
The cops rescued him, and he
was taken to Jacobi Medical Center,
where he succumbed to his injuries.
A 9-millimeter handgun was recovered
from the Bronx River, which
cops believed was the suspect’s.
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