Overview

• The incident occurred on April 29 around 8 p.m. on the Belt Parkway in East New York, Brooklyn, during an NYPD traffic stop operation.
• Police identified the vehicle as having mismatched license plates, suspected to belong to a stolen car, and attempted to stop it using a blockade at the Pennsylvania Avenue exit.
• The driver allegedly accelerated through the blockade, striking a lieutenant in the hip, prompting the officer to fire through the windshield, fatally wounding the driver.
• EMS pronounced the driver dead at the scene, and a passenger in the vehicle was taken into custody by police.
• The NYPD has launched an investigation into the shooting and the circumstances surrounding the incident as the injured lieutenant recovers from minor injuries.