An NYPD cop opened fire on a vehicle that tried to run him down in Brooklyn on Thursday night, law enforcement sources told The Post.
A sergeant working as a Public Safety Team supervisor tried to pull over a suspected stolen car on Avenue J and East 39th Street in the East Flatbush neighborhood at just before 9 p.m., sources said.
That’s when a second car tried to hit the sergeant, who fired a shot at the driver, sources said.
Police are at the scene where shots were fired by a cop at the intersection of E 39 St. and Ave. J in Brooklyn on March 3, 2022. Robert Mecea
Two people were arrested, while a third person fled on foot after the cop opened fire on the suspect that tried to run him over. Robert MeceaTwo people have reportedly been arrested but a third person fled on foot, according to the sources.
Police were searching the area and canvassing local hospital emergency rooms and the person was suspected to have sustained a gunshot wound, the sources added.
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