BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
The NYPD has released
body camera footage of an
offi cer-involved shooting
that took place during an attempted
robbery of a phone
store in the Morrisania section
of the Bronx in May.
In the video, two offi cers
exchanged fi re with a robbery
suspect, 39-year-old Calvin Peterkin,
who managed to fl ee
the scene after getting struck
three times. Peterkin was arrested
fi ve days after the incident
and taken to BronxCare
Health System for wounds to
his left arm, right hand and a
graze on the chest.
Peterkin, who has a prior
offense for robbery, was
charged with three counts of
attempted murder, gun possession
and menacing. The
Bronx District Attorney’s offi
ce is handling the case.
Footage shows that on May
19, a woman called NYPD
dispatch to report that she
thought there might be a robbery
in progress at a Boost
Mobile store on East 174th
Street and Vyse Avenue.
Two police offi cers,
Lewellyn Alvarez and Imran
Alli were in an unmarked police
vehicle two blocks away
from the store, when they arrived
on the scene at 6:19 p.m.
Surveillance cameras
from the Boost store showed
Peterkin had been threatening
employees inside the store
with a gun, despite attempts
from an employee to keep him
calm.
Taquilla V.
Class of 2021
B.A. in Social Science
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,18 AUG. 20-26, 2021 BTR
When Alvarez and Alli
confronted Peterkin at the
store’s entranceway, Peterkin
insisted he did nothing
wrong, before running past
Alli and shielding behind a
parked Mr. Softee truck.
As Alli pursued Peterkin,
Alvarez ran to the front of
the truck to surround the suspect,
before instructing Peterkin
to “put the gun down.”
At a close distance, Peterkin
fi red twice at Alvarez, before
Alvarez returned fi re fi ve
times. Alli also discharged
his weapon three times from
roughly 50 feet away, according
to the bodycam footage.
Peterkin fl ed down Vyse
Avenue, ditching the gun. Peterkin’s
9mm fi rearm was recovered
at the scene of the
incident. Neither offi ce was
injured in the incident, and
the incident is still being investigated
by the NYPD’s
Force Investigation Division.
This 9mm fi rearm of Calvin Peterkin’s was recovered at the scene by
police on May 19, 2021.
On Tuesday, NYPD released body footage of a offi cer-involved incident
between two offi cers and robbery suspect Calvin Peterkin in Morrisania
on May 19, 2021. Peterkin who was wounded in the exchange, fl ed but was
arrested days later. Screenshots courtesy NYPD
Bodycam shows shootout
between NYPD, suspect
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