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Masked Gunman Opens Fire on Police in Brooklyn Backyard | Masked Gunman Opens Fire on Police in Brooklyn Backyard |
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Patrol officers in Brownsville, Brooklyn, spotted an unusual sight early Monday morning: a masked man walking on a quiet residential street. | Patrol officers in Brownsville, Brooklyn, spotted an unusual sight early Monday morning: a masked man walking on a quiet residential street. |
The officers attempted to stop him, but the man fled and then began shooting at their patrol car, the police said. The gunman tried to hide, but a neighbor soon alerted the police to his whereabouts. Cornered in a backyard, he took aim at the police again, and was killed in a hail of officer gunfire, the police said. | The officers attempted to stop him, but the man fled and then began shooting at their patrol car, the police said. The gunman tried to hide, but a neighbor soon alerted the police to his whereabouts. Cornered in a backyard, he took aim at the police again, and was killed in a hail of officer gunfire, the police said. |
The overnight mayhem, in which no police officers were injured, happened just after 2:30 a.m. on Labor Day in a part of Brooklyn where 12 people were shot at a block party in July and crime rates remain twice the citywide average. | The overnight mayhem, in which no police officers were injured, happened just after 2:30 a.m. on Labor Day in a part of Brooklyn where 12 people were shot at a block party in July and crime rates remain twice the citywide average. |
Incidents in some pockets of the city — northern Manhattan, northern Brooklyn and parts of Queens — have driven a 7.6 percent rise in shootings as of Sept. 1 compared to the same period last year, despite an overall decline in crime citywide, according to police statistics. | Incidents in some pockets of the city — northern Manhattan, northern Brooklyn and parts of Queens — have driven a 7.6 percent rise in shootings as of Sept. 1 compared to the same period last year, despite an overall decline in crime citywide, according to police statistics. |
The death in Brownsville was one of four deadly shootings that took place in the city early Labor Day morning. At about the same time as the incident in Brownsville, a 50-year-old woman was killed in Flatbush, Brooklyn. About an hour later, in Bushwick, a man was fatally shot in the chest. At 4:30 a.m., a drive-by shooting took place outside a nightclub in Richmond Hill, Queens, killing one man and injuring two others. | The death in Brownsville was one of four deadly shootings that took place in the city early Labor Day morning. At about the same time as the incident in Brownsville, a 50-year-old woman was killed in Flatbush, Brooklyn. About an hour later, in Bushwick, a man was fatally shot in the chest. At 4:30 a.m., a drive-by shooting took place outside a nightclub in Richmond Hill, Queens, killing one man and injuring two others. |
The Flatbush shooting happened just a few hours before J’ouvert, daybreak festivities that take place in Brooklyn to ring in the annual West Indian American Day Parade. It was not clear if it was connected to the J’ouvert celebration, which has had issues with violence in the past and proceeded without incident Monday amid heavy security. | |
The Brownsville incident was also the second fatal shooting in the past several days involving a man taking aim at New York City police officers who were attempting to stop him. On Friday, a gunman in Jamaica, Queens, was killed by police after he fired at officers seeking to question him about a gang-related shooting. | The Brownsville incident was also the second fatal shooting in the past several days involving a man taking aim at New York City police officers who were attempting to stop him. On Friday, a gunman in Jamaica, Queens, was killed by police after he fired at officers seeking to question him about a gang-related shooting. |
In a Monday news conference, Chief Terence A. Monahan of the New York City Police Department said that the Labor Day shootout in Brownsville began when police saw the masked man, in his 30s, during a regular overnight patrol. | In a Monday news conference, Chief Terence A. Monahan of the New York City Police Department said that the Labor Day shootout in Brownsville began when police saw the masked man, in his 30s, during a regular overnight patrol. |
“He had his face covered walking down the street, which is kind of suspicious on a warm evening,” Chief Monahan said. “So they went to stop him. He immediately ran.” | “He had his face covered walking down the street, which is kind of suspicious on a warm evening,” Chief Monahan said. “So they went to stop him. He immediately ran.” |
By the time the encounter had ended, seven officers had fired at the masked gunman, one returning fire on the street near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Dumont Avenue in the initial encounter, and six more in the backyard shootout. | By the time the encounter had ended, seven officers had fired at the masked gunman, one returning fire on the street near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Dumont Avenue in the initial encounter, and six more in the backyard shootout. |
Video footage shot by a photographer for PIX11 news showed a large police presence had already arrived in the area when the final backyard gun battle began. Police officers ducked for cover as dozens of shots rang out. Chief Monahan estimated officers had fired a total of 64 bullets. | Video footage shot by a photographer for PIX11 news showed a large police presence had already arrived in the area when the final backyard gun battle began. Police officers ducked for cover as dozens of shots rang out. Chief Monahan estimated officers had fired a total of 64 bullets. |
Israel Morris, 70, who lives near the corner of Howard Avenue and Dumont Avenue, said he was awaked by helicopters flying over his neighborhood and “countless” lights of police cars flashing and cops at the scene. | Israel Morris, 70, who lives near the corner of Howard Avenue and Dumont Avenue, said he was awaked by helicopters flying over his neighborhood and “countless” lights of police cars flashing and cops at the scene. |
“I heard five or six shots and helicopters flying over all night,” Mr. Morris said. | “I heard five or six shots and helicopters flying over all night,” Mr. Morris said. |
Nigel Brown, 50, who also lives on Howard Avenue, said that while shootings in the area are not uncommon, this was the first time a shooting-related death happened on his block. | |
“I thought they were firecrackers, but now I’m realizing they were gunshots,” he said. | “I thought they were firecrackers, but now I’m realizing they were gunshots,” he said. |
The police said the Brownsville gunman, whose identity was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital, and a semiautomatic handgun was recovered from the scene. | The police said the Brownsville gunman, whose identity was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital, and a semiautomatic handgun was recovered from the scene. |
Roughly three miles away from the Brownsville shooting, police responded to a Newkirk Avenue address in Flatbush to find the woman shot and killed, a 45-year-old man shot multiple times in the chest and a third man, 27, bleeding from a stab wound to the chest. | Roughly three miles away from the Brownsville shooting, police responded to a Newkirk Avenue address in Flatbush to find the woman shot and killed, a 45-year-old man shot multiple times in the chest and a third man, 27, bleeding from a stab wound to the chest. |
The two injured men were transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, police said. | The two injured men were transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, police said. |
In Bushwick, a man identified by police as Daniel Collado was shot in the torso at 3:48 a.m. in the vicinity of Weirfield Street and Irving Avenue, police said. He later died at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. | In Bushwick, a man identified by police as Daniel Collado was shot in the torso at 3:48 a.m. in the vicinity of Weirfield Street and Irving Avenue, police said. He later died at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. |
Less than an hour later, in Richmond Hills, Queens, three men in a white BMW fired shots at three men leaving the Mazi Nightclub on 91st Avenue. | Less than an hour later, in Richmond Hills, Queens, three men in a white BMW fired shots at three men leaving the Mazi Nightclub on 91st Avenue. |
Of the three men targeted, one, age 35, was killed, the second, a 28-year-old, was in critical condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the torso and the third, 27, shot in both legs, was in stable condition at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the police said. | Of the three men targeted, one, age 35, was killed, the second, a 28-year-old, was in critical condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the torso and the third, 27, shot in both legs, was in stable condition at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the police said. |
As in the Bushwick and Flatbush shootings, no arrests in the fatal Queens shooting were made, and the incidents all remained under investigation. | As in the Bushwick and Flatbush shootings, no arrests in the fatal Queens shooting were made, and the incidents all remained under investigation. |
Andrea Salcedo contributed reporting. | Andrea Salcedo contributed reporting. |