Overview
- The vehicle was tracked by automated license-plate readers and NYPD Aviation and was covertly trailed and boxed in by unmarked Community Response Team units before officers confronted it on Fordham Road, officials said Sunday.
- Police say the 18-year-old driver reversed into officers and struck an NYPD sergeant, and an officer on a nearby vehicle fired, hitting the driver in the arm; he was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
- Multiple officers, including the sergeant, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and reported stable after the stop.
- Police arrested the passenger, identified as 20-year-old Angel Robles, and charged him Monday night with criminal possession of a loaded firearm; a Glock with an extended magazine was later recovered from the SUV, officials reported.
- The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is leading the probe and will review officers’ body-worn camera footage to determine the sequence of events, number of shots fired, and whether officers were in uniform, an inquiry that comes as scrutiny of police tactics has intensified after a separate recent Brooklyn shooting.