Overview
- A pair of teenage suspects carried out a string of armed robberies and carjackings across Brooklyn on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 8, beginning with an attempted gunpoint robbery in Midwood and two vehicle thefts nearby.
- Officers tracked a stolen car into Canarsie, where a 16-year-old crashed and was arrested and charged with criminal possession of stolen property and obstructing governmental administration.
- Police say the second teen carjacked a woman, led officers to a roadblock near East 100th Street and Avenue K, then drove onto a sidewalk toward an officer prompting that officer to fire one shot; no one was hit.
- That driver continued until the stolen vehicle crashed at Pennsylvania and Wortman Avenues in East New York, where officers took him into custody and charging decisions remain pending.
- The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is reviewing the shooting while the broader precinct investigation continues, a review that could shape both criminal charges and internal discipline.