Overview
- Police used automated license‑plate readers and an NYPD Aviation helicopter to track a stolen silver Kia Sportage into the Bronx before unmarked Community Response Team units boxed the vehicle in on East Fordham Road on Sunday evening.
- Officers ordered the occupants out and the driver allegedly reversed and then accelerated, striking multiple officers and an NYPD sergeant, which prompted an officer to fire and wound the 18‑year‑old driver who was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
- Investigators obtained a search warrant and recovered a loaded Glock 22 with an extended magazine from the rear of the SUV.
- The driver, identified in reports as 18‑year‑old Jayden Mendoza, was charged with attempted murder, while passenger Angel Robles was initially charged with criminal possession of a weapon but Bronx prosecutors later declined to immediately pursue that charge pending further investigation.
- The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is reviewing body‑worn camera footage, investigators are seeking a third person who fled the vehicle, and several injured officers were treated and released and are expected to recover.