They say the NYPD officers then chased him until one of the officers shot him.
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It began shortly before noon on Tuesday when uniformed officers on patrol spotted a Nissan sedan driving recklessly in the Bronx and tried to pull it over.
It all started in the Riverdale section of the Bronx with the shooting of a 50-year-old man and was followed by a police pursuit up the Henry Hudson Parkway, 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reported.
At a news conference, police officials told reporters that two police officers were hospitalized after the chase ended in a crash. It’s there that the vehicle was involved in a crash and one person was arrested.
Police say a person has been shot and killed after a police pursuit that led from New York City to Yonkers.
Two suspects are in custody.
The other driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Cops opened fire, striking one of the men in the chest, police sources said.
The parkway was closed in both directions between exits 3 and 4 while authorities investigated.
The New York Times, citing an unnamed NYPD official, reported that no weapon has been recovered from the suspect.
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“Members of the the Yonkers Police Department are assisting the NYPD for a search of a suspect who may have fled on foot into the park, the suspect may also be armed”, the Yonkers Police Department said in a statement.
