Police officer shoots, critically wounds teen armed with BB gun in Brooklyn
A police officer shot and wounded a 19-year-old man armed with a BB gun in Brooklyn Thursday night, cops said.
The gunfire erupted at Church Ave. and E. 34th St. in East Flatbush at about 10:10 p.m., authorities said.
“It was about four shots,” witness Ronald Williams, 47, recounted. “It was wild, everyone was running from all angles.”
Cops got a 911 call from someone who said they saw a man — in a red sweater, gray sweatpants and red shoes — carrying a gun, sources said.
Responding police found the armed suspect in the Grocery Deli on Church Ave. and chased him. Cops say he refused to drop his weapon and one officer opened fire, hitting the man in the left leg. Investigators found a BB gun at the scene.
“Male shot! Male shot!” a cop shouted over the radio, calling for backup and EMS.
Medics took the wounded man, in his 20s, to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, officials said.
He was still in surgery after midnight, according to relatives.
One of the man’s friends spotted by the scene and shouted, “The police shot my man, they grimey!”
Despite the commotion, Williams said he wasn’t scared. “I’m used to it, I’m an ex-cop in Jamaica,” he said.
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