A man was fatally shot by police following a high-speed chase from Jamaica, Queens to Massapequa Park, that left three people injured on Friday.
Officials say two
officers were attempting to pull the man over at 11:15 p.m. when he allegedly pulled off, nearly running them over. The man headed towards Sunrise Highway, driving the wrong way, and hit several cars, including a police vehicle, without stopping."That individual tried to ram the two police officers and hit those officers and then fled that scene.
put the notification over the air that they were heading towards Nassau County," Nassau County police commissioner Patrick Ryder said.At Merrick Avenue and Sunrise Highway, officers tried to stop him again by using patrol cars to block his path."He ran through and took off two of our police cars, two of our officers that they attempted to run over, they dove out of the way," Ryder said.
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