A New York Metropolis teen was charged with tried homicide after capturing an NYPD cop within the leg after tussling with him.
William C. Lopez/NYPOST
A 16-year-old gang member was charged with tried homicide on Wednesday evening over the capturing of an NYPD cop within the Bronx an evening earlier, police mentioned.
The suspect’s gun went off whereas he was tussling with the officer – recognized by sources as Kaseem Pennant, 27 – outdoors a constructing at Lorillard Place close to East 187th Road in Belmont round 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, cops mentioned.
The one spherical struck the teenager within the groin earlier than hitting Pennant in the precise leg, police mentioned.
The capturing unfolded after Pennant and 5 different officers from the forty eighth Precinct’s public security staff responded to a disorderly crowd on the location, authorities had mentioned.
Because the officers approached the group, the teenager – recognized as a member of the Reywey Crew, a subset of the Crips – stepped towards a white automotive and put his arms in his pockets, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig mentioned.
Officers repeatedly requested him to point out his arms, however he refused, resulting in the wrestle, police mentioned.
Pennant was launched from the hospital Wednesday morning.
The suspect, whose identify has not been launched as a result of he's a minor, was additionally charged with felony possession of a firearm and felony use of a firearm, police mentioned.
The teenager was beforehand arrested within the Bronx in Could 2020, when he was simply 14, for possession of a Tauris firearm, authorities mentioned.
He was charged as a juvenile within the first bust and was positioned on probation final month, Essig mentioned. His probation is about to finish in Could.
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