Overview

• Early-morning burglary at a Flushing auto-detailing shop led to the theft of five BMWs.
• Officers intercepted the stolen vehicles on the Whitestone Expressway and in the Bronx during a multi-borough chase.
• One officer fired at a suspect’s vehicle after it accelerated toward him; no one was struck and the officer was treated for tinnitus.
• Four of the five stolen vehicles have been recovered and two suspects are in custody, with charges pending.
• The NYPD restricts firing at fleeing vehicles to situations where a driver poses a direct threat to officers or the public.