{"id":47376,"date":"2017-10-14T05:22:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=47376"},"modified":"2017-10-14T05:22:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:22:17","slug":"police-officer-shoots-critically-wounds-teen-armed-with-bb-gun-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/police-officer-shoots-critically-wounds-teen-armed-with-bb-gun-in-brooklyn.html","title":{"rendered":"Police officer shoots, critically wounds teen armed with BB gun in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Police officer shoots, critically wounds teen armed with BB gun in Brooklyn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A police officer shot and wounded a 19-year-old man armed with a BB gun in Brooklyn Thursday night, cops said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The gunfire erupted at Church Ave. and E. 34th St. in East Flatbush at about 10:10 p.m., authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIt was about four shots,\u201d witness Ronald Williams, 47, recounted. \u201cIt was wild, everyone was running from all angles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Cops got a 911 call from someone who said they saw a man \u2014 in a red sweater, gray sweatpants and red shoes \u2014 carrying a gun, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cMale shot! Male shot!\u201d a cop shouted over the radio, calling for backup and EMS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Medics took the wounded man, in his 20s, to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He was still in surgery after midnight, according to relatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">One of the man\u2019s friends spotted by the scene and shouted, \u201cThe police shot my man, they grimey!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Despite the commotion, Williams said he wasn\u2019t scared. \u201cI\u2019m used to it, I\u2019m an ex-cop in Jamaica,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/police-officer-shoots-critically-wounds-man-brooklyn-article-1.3559429<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/police-officer-shoots-critically-wounds-teen-armed-with-bb-gun-in-brooklyn.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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