The bomb squad was called to an intersection in midtown after someone threw a “suspicious object” at an NYPD patrol vehicle, police said.
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“Upon stopping the SUV, a male driver was observed placing a red plastic helmet on his head”.
As the situation unfolded, the city shut down all subway service to Columbus Circle.
When confronted, he said he wished to die, had a bomb strapped to his vest, and insinuated he could detonate it with a remote in his hands, police said.
Video of the suspect throwing a hoax device into a police vehicle last night in Times Square.
According to cops, the device turned out to be a fake bomb consisting of a red candle, an LED light, pieces of tin foil and wrapped in a white sheet.
The uniformed Sergeant and a Police Officer were in the auto when the suspect threw a explosive-like device in around 11:30 p.m., according to a statement from NYPD.
Police caught up to the man near Columbus Circle at 57th Street and Eighth Avenue, where he has been barricaded in his auto for hours. NYPD hostage negotiators, SWAT teams, K-9 units and bomb squads responded, closing Columbus Circle to pedestrians and cars.
The officers placed the device on sidewalk and exited the vehicle to take cover.
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After he was taken into custody on Thursday morning, authorities did not state if Meneses had been armed during the standoff, Pix11 added.
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Meneses, who doesn’t have any criminal history with the NYPD, is known in his neighborhood as quiet, but involved in the neighborhood, officials said. It gave the all-clear shortly after 1 a.m. “Just before 8 a.m., cops used pepper spray and pulled him out of the vehicle, police and sources said”. “I said, ‘If it happens, it happens, but I’m not going to stop here'”.
