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A toy is not a gun. And a gunis not a toy. There's a lesson here,perhaps,for amishrebel about the former, for kwikrnu on the latter
Man wielding realistic-looking BB gun shot twice by cops in Bushwick showdown
BY Joe Jackson and Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, February 6th 2010, 2:07 PM
A 61-year-old man wielding a realistic-looking BB gun was shot twice by cops early Saturday after a tense confrontation on a busy Brooklyn street, police and witnesses said.
The gunman was hit in the left side of his torso and thigh and was listed in stable condition at Elmhurst General Hospital, police said.
The showdown, which sent several pedestrians scurrying for cover, erupted shortly after a witness called 911 at 1:50 a.m. to report that a man was walking down Linden St. in Bushwick carrying a gun, police said.
A marked police van roared to the scene and three uniformed cops hopped out at the corner of Wyckoff Ave., witnesses said.
"They pulled out their guns straight away," said witness Bryan Cisneros, 18. "I heard them shouting."
Witnesses told investigators that the three cops took cover behind cars parked along Linden St. and shouted for the man to drop his gun, police said.
The man refused, instead whirling at the cops and pointing his weapon - which had a brown handle and a black barrel - at the officers, police said. "Then I heard the shots," said Cisneros.
"I just ran. I'd never heard gunshots like that before."
The gunman, whose name was not released, collapsed in the street and dropped his BB-gun.
The cops were not hurt.
"I was sleeping [but] I woke up when I heard like two or three shots," said neighbor Miguel Matias, 25.
"I see the whole block full of cops and somebody in an ambulance." Investigators believe that one officer fired twice, with both bullets hitting the suspect.
Police sources said it appeared the cops, who are all assigned to the 83rd Precinct, behaved appropriately because the suspect was holding what appeared to be a real weapon.
Detectives returned to the scene after sunrise to confiscate surveillance footage from several nearby businesses, including a White Castle.
Charges against the suspect are pending, police said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/02/06/2010-02-06_man_wielding_realisticlooking_bb_gun_shot_twice_by_cops_in_bushwick_showdown.html
A toy is not a gun. And a gunis not a toy. There's a lesson here,perhaps,for amishrebel about the former, for kwikrnu on the latter
Man wielding realistic-looking BB gun shot twice by cops in Bushwick showdown
BY Joe Jackson and Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, February 6th 2010, 2:07 PM
A 61-year-old man wielding a realistic-looking BB gun was shot twice by cops early Saturday after a tense confrontation on a busy Brooklyn street, police and witnesses said.
The gunman was hit in the left side of his torso and thigh and was listed in stable condition at Elmhurst General Hospital, police said.
The showdown, which sent several pedestrians scurrying for cover, erupted shortly after a witness called 911 at 1:50 a.m. to report that a man was walking down Linden St. in Bushwick carrying a gun, police said.
A marked police van roared to the scene and three uniformed cops hopped out at the corner of Wyckoff Ave., witnesses said.
"They pulled out their guns straight away," said witness Bryan Cisneros, 18. "I heard them shouting."
Witnesses told investigators that the three cops took cover behind cars parked along Linden St. and shouted for the man to drop his gun, police said.
The man refused, instead whirling at the cops and pointing his weapon - which had a brown handle and a black barrel - at the officers, police said. "Then I heard the shots," said Cisneros.
"I just ran. I'd never heard gunshots like that before."
The gunman, whose name was not released, collapsed in the street and dropped his BB-gun.
The cops were not hurt.
"I was sleeping [but] I woke up when I heard like two or three shots," said neighbor Miguel Matias, 25.
"I see the whole block full of cops and somebody in an ambulance." Investigators believe that one officer fired twice, with both bullets hitting the suspect.
Police sources said it appeared the cops, who are all assigned to the 83rd Precinct, behaved appropriately because the suspect was holding what appeared to be a real weapon.
Detectives returned to the scene after sunrise to confiscate surveillance footage from several nearby businesses, including a White Castle.
Charges against the suspect are pending, police said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/02/06/2010-02-06_man_wielding_realisticlooking_bb_gun_shot_twice_by_cops_in_bushwick_showdown.html