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Suspect in Bronx Beating of Off-Duty NYPD Officer Arrested in Virginia

He faces extradition to New York City as police intensify their search for the remaining attacker.

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Surveillance footage shows moment two people attacked and robbed an off-duty NYPD cop of his wallet and pistol in the Bronx in the early hours of Saturday, May 24, 2025.

Overview

  • Taveon Hargrove, 23, was taken into custody in North Chesterfield, Virginia, by the US Marshals’ Regional Fugitive Task Force.
  • Surveillance footage shows Hargrove and an accomplice ambushing a 27-year-old off-duty officer near St. Peters Avenue at knifepoint, inflicting multiple facial fractures, and he remains hospitalized but is expected to fully recover.
  • The attackers fled with the officer’s Glock 19 9mm handgun, wallet and iPhone before dispersing.
  • Jeffrey Hargrove, 55, was charged with petty larceny for using the victim’s stolen credit card at Bronx bodegas shortly after the assault.
  • Authorities have identified the second assailant as Wayne Lucas and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has pledged full departmental resources to apprehend him.