Cop charged, then released, in fatal crash
BY JESSICA PARKS
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez
will not immediately
press charges against the offduty
police offi cer cuffed for allegedly
killing a woman with
his car in East Flatbush on
Sunday, and authorities have
since cut him loose.
Investigators arrested 47-
year-old Rohan Shaw after determining
he was slightly intoxicated
behind the wheel of
his 2019 Nissan GTR on Foster
Avenue at around 5 am, when
he smashed into a 2016 Mazda
MZ6 at the intersection of E.
55th Street, according to authorities.
However, prosecutors with
the Brooklyn District Attorney’s
offi ce “deferred” the case
citing “insuffi cient evidence”
and Shaw was released from
custody, although prosecutors
stress that future charges may
be pending pursuant to an ongoing
investigation.
The collision caused the
Mazda — carrying a driver
and two passengers — to spin
out of control and hit a telephone
pole.
Shaw remained on the scene
until authorities arrived, but
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the driver of the Mazda — who
cops accused of running a stop
sign just before the collision —
fl ed on foot, and the motorist
remains on the lam, according
to a Police Department spokeswoman.
First responders eventually
arrived on the scene and
rushed one of the Mazda’s passengers
— Joanna Dixon, who
was celebrating her 23rd birthday
that night — to Brookdale
Hospital, where doctors pronounced
her dead.
The car’s other passenger
was taken to Kings County
Hospital in serious but stable
condition, police said.
The off-duty offi cer was initially
charged with vehicular
manslaughter, criminally negligent
homicide, speeding, and
driving while alcohol impaired
— a charge which results from
a blood alcohol count above
.05-percent, but below the .08-
percent legal limit, authorities
said.
First responders later administered
a blood test to
Shaw, which will provide authorities
with more clarity —
and possibly lead the district
attorney to take formal action,
authorities said.
In the meantime, the deceased
victim’s father expressed
hope that authorities
would eventually opt to prosecute
the alleged drunk driver.
“Our heads are not in the
right place right now, but I do
believe in the justice system
and I believe it will work,” said
Colin Dixon. “I’m told they are
waiting for some reports to
come back and other things.
I don’t want to pass judgment
without all the facts.”
Family members say funeral
arrangements are underway.
Meanwhile, investigators
are still searching for the missing
Mazda driver.
Anyone with information in
regard to this incident is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-
57-PISTA (74782). The public
can also submit their tips by
logging onto the CrimeStoppers
website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.
COM or
on Twitter @NYPDTips. All
calls are strictly confi dential.
An off-duy police offi cer smashed his car into a Mazda in E. Flatbush on Sunday, killing a woman on her 23rd
birthday Photo by Todd Maisel
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