NY Daily News – by Denis Slattery , Rocco Parascandola AND Barry Paddock
An emotionally disturbed man was shot by police in Brooklyn Saturday morning after he attacked them with his cane, police sources said.
The 27-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, started pounding on an empty marked police car parked on Broadway and Lewis Ave. under the elevated subway tracks in Bedford-Stuyvesant with his wooden cane about 10:35 a.m, police said.
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The cane used in the attack is on the ground at the scene.
Two transit cops upstairs patrolling the Broadway/Myrtle Ave. subway station heard the commotion and ran downstairs to confront the suspect, who was pounding on their vehicle.
When they approached the suspect, he broke the cane over the female cop’s head, police said. Her male partner fired once, hitting the man in the shoulder.
BRYAN PACE/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The man was taken to the hospital with wounds said to be not life-threatening.
The suspect was so enraged he later jumped out of the ambulance as EMTs tried to treat him, witnesses said.
“It was crazy,” said Wilbert Maclin.
BRYAN PACE/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A man attacked a cop car and an officer with his cane and was shot.
“I saw them put him in the ambulance. He was on the stretcher and he got out of the ambulance — about 20 cops jumped him.”
The man was taken to Kings County Hospital with non-life threatening wounds, officials said.
His cane lay in the roadway as police investigated the shooting.
The cops involved were taken to Wyckoff Hospital for observation, cops said.
bpaddock@nydailynews.com
Something doesn`t sound right about this. This guy jumps out of the ambulance and is surrounded by 20 cops, but when he was waveing his cane around it sounds like they were not there and he had to be shot? WTF !….I just think this cop wanted to get his gold star for shooting someone 😡
“When they approached the suspect, he broke the cane over the female cop’s head, police said. Her male partner fired once, hitting the man in the shoulder.”
OUTSTANDING!!!
Hopefully the blow caused permanent brain damage (not that she has much of a brain to begin with, being a cop).
Apparently, the only ones taking on the cops are the crazy ones.
Never thought I’d say this, but obviously we need more crazies on the streets. That kind of crazy I can live with.
Yes, a little crazy can be a good thing #1 😉
LOL 🙂