Police hunt suspect in MetroTech butt shooting
BY COLIN MIXSON AND KEVIN DUGGAN
Police are hunting the gunman who
shot a man in the butt at the MetroTech
Center in Downtown Brooklyn Thursday,
according to police.
Multiple witnesses reported hearing
a single gunshot from inside the public
plaza at the center of the Downtown offi
ce complex at around noon on Sept. 26,
before two men sprinted south through
the promenade. One of the men was seen
cradling what appeared to be a pistol in
the pocket of his yellow sweatshirt.
“I’ve never seen anyone run so fast,”
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said Jeanne Eisenhardt, a saleswoman
at Brooklyn Paper’s parent company
Schneps Media, who was dining outside
Café Metro at the time.
Police arrested one man following
the shooting, but cut him loose after determining
he was not the gunman, cops
said.
Police intially believed no injuries
resulted from the shooting, but a
27-year-old man reported he was shot in
the rear end the day the following day.
The incident resulted in further
collateral damage in nearby Clinton
First responders prepare to right an SUV that fl ipped over after a police
cruiser smashed into it in Clinton Hill Photo by Kevin Duggan
Hill, where a police cruiser responding
to the MetroTech shooting
smashed into an SUV at Dekalb and
Clinton avenues at 12:13 pm, injuring
the two cops in the squad car and a civilian
driver, according to police.
The cop car was heading west
along Dekalb Avenue when the offi -
cer behind the wheel plunged through
a red light at Clinton Avenue and
struck the civilian vehicle as it traveled
north along Clinton Avenue, fl ipping
the passenger car, according to
witnesses.
“The other car had the light and
went through, and the cop rammed the
car and the car went over,” said Nick
Gangone, a student at nearby St. Joseph’s
College.
Police offi cers setup a crime scene
at Duffi eld Street and Willoughby Avenue
near the shooting, where one of
the suspects stashed a fi rearm in a city
garbage can, according to an offi cer at
the scene, who noted the pistol may be
a replica.
- Additional reporting by Chandler
Kidd and Aidan Graham.
Police setup a crime scene around a garbage can in Downtown Brooklyn, where a suspect in a shooting at
MetroTech Center may have stashed a fi rearm. Photo by Aidan Graham
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