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Brooklyn Traffic Stop Becomes Fatal

Brooklyn Traffic Stop Becomes Fatal

Yesterday afternoon, a police chase in the Flatlands section ended with the car's driver being shot dead by the police and a police officer injured. Two plainclothes cops pulled over a maroon SUV that had been speeding at 90 MPH and ran a red light. When the officers went to the car, they saw the driver holding a 9mm gun. Here's the police's preliminary account, from Newsday:

The sergeant and officer were riding in an unmarked Chevrolet Impala when they spotted the Mitsubishi driving through a red light. Police quickly pulled the SUV over at the intersection, with the officer approaching it from the driver's side, the sergeant from the other. more ›

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