A 23-year-old man was shot next door to a Brooklyn police precinct on Monday afternoon – and officers at the station house raced outside to bust the suspect, cops and sources said.
The gunfire erupted outside of a 7-Eleven next to the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge just after 2 p.m. during a feud between two men, police said.
The victim was shot once in the buttocks. He was taken to Lutheran Hospital in stable condition, police said.
The victim was shot in the back and taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said. Peter Gerber
Police arrested the 27-year-old male suspect. Peter GerberCops from the precinct responded and found the Jose Ochoa, 27, with a gun in his right hand, according to police.
Ochoa, of Brooklyn, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a firearm and menacing, police said.
He has four prior arrests, including resisting arrest in 2019, criminal possession of a controlled substance in 2018 and criminal mischief in 2014, police sources said. It wasn’t clear if he had any sealed arrests.
A nearby resident heard the gunshot, then “people yelling.” Peter GerberNearby resident Led Bradshaw told The Post he heard a single shot, followed by “commotion” and “people yelling.”
“That’s something unusual, you don’t hear yelling or screaming on this block. It’s actually very quiet,” Bradshaw said.
Bradshaw was perplexed by the brazen shooting.
“It’s incredible to think that somebody can be that angry to do something like this next door to a precinct,” he said.
Additional reporting by Kenneth Garger
