Overview
- Police say a 30-year-old man was shot in the head around 9 p.m. Monday on West 231st Street near Albany Crescent in Kingsbridge and remains in critical condition at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital.
- Surveillance video shows the officer draw a gun, pin a man behind a white car, and a single round pierce the driver’s window before the vehicle sped off and a bar’s window across the street shattered.
- Sources report the officer had tracked a vehicle he believed was tied to a prior theft involving his family and confronted several men inside the car.
- The officer is assigned to the NYPD Intelligence Division and has worked Gracie Mansion and City Hall details, according to multiple outlets.
- Authorities say he has been suspended without pay while the Force Investigation Division investigates, no arrest or criminal charges have been announced, and Gothamist identifies the officer as 44-year-old Jonathan Baez.