Police officers gunned down a kidnapping suspect Saturday night after a wild car chase. Credit: Fox News: screenshot
A wild police chase in Brooklyn ended in a fatal incident following reports of a child kidnapping.
As The New York Post reported, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers were alerted to a potential abduction on Saturday night around 7:19 p.m. involving a small child screaming in the back of a white cargo van with New Jersey license plates.
The cops caught up to the vehicle near Exit 8 on the Belt Parkway.
But when police attempted to pull the suspected kidnapper over, he slammed the gas and raced eastbound.
Sources told the New York Post that a police officer later got ahead of the kidnapping suspect and managed to set up a roadblock. But this failed to deter him.
Instead, the suspect, described as a black male in his thirties, rammed into several police and civilian vehicles in an attempt to escape.
Police then smashed the suspected kidnapper’s van’s windows and tased him. After more resistance from the suspect, police finally put an end to the chaos by shooting him.
The suspect was later transported to NYU Langone in Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead around 8 p.m.
Sources told the New York Post that no child was found in the van.
Interestingly, the person who called 911 to alert police to the alleged kidnapper also flagged down nearby officers. It’s unknown at this time why the person who made the 911 call alleged that a kidnapping had been committed.
Regardless, the damage from the incident was extensive.
As The Daily Mail notes, the footage captured at the scene showed that crime tape had been put up and that an NYPD van had been damaged.
Fortunately, no officers were injured in the incident.
The incident also caused huge gridlock on the highway as authorities closed both lanes to continue the investigation.
Several wrecked cars were seen scattered along the roadway. The drivers of the struck vehicles were later questioned by cops as witnesses.
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