Officers then fired at the fleeing vehicle as it sped away from the stop at Hegeman Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue in East New York just after 12:45 a.m.
Officers then fired at the vehicle as it sped away from the stop at Hegeman Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue in East New York just after 12:45 a.m."I heard three shots. That's why I looked to the window - I saw him down," Urena said.Urena says he saw police surrounding their fellow officer who had been hit by a gray Toyota Highlander with New York license plates as the vehicle fled the scene.
"He could have family like me, you never know. He could've gotten killed right there and die you know," Urena said.Police were attempting to pull over the SUV over for a motor vehicle violation. They are still looking for the driver.A few hours after the original traffic stop, the driver of another vehicle was trying to turn onto Hegeman Avenue from Hendrix Street and crashed into a police SUV, causing a bit of a chain reaction crash.
Police are now investigating whether that driver didn't see their police scene tape that had been set up to rope off the first crash scene. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo,
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