Driver arrested in NYC crash that ended in gunfight was seeking revenge: police sources

The motive force who plowed right into a pedestrian and storefront in Washington Heights on Saturday claimed to have acted out of revenge after his sufferer and one other man tried to rob him earlier within the day, police sources stated.

Luis Rosado, 30, was arrested on costs of prison weapons possession and resisting arrest after the altercation, during which the still-unidentified pedestrian fired a gun not less than as soon as at Rosado’s 2017 Dodge Challenger, in line with an NYPD spokesman.

Luis Rosado, 30, was arrested on costs of prison weapons possession and resisting arrest after the altercation.

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Nobody was injured by any bullets in the course of the altercation, in line with NYPD.

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At the very least 54 individuals have been injured in automotive crashes on St. Nicholas Ave. thus far this 12 months.

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Rosado additionally plowed the sports activities automotive into a close-by enterprise on the nook of West 163th Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue, police stated.

He tried to flee on foot earlier than cops apprehended him on West 162nd Avenue. The person who fired his gun fled on foot and has not been caught, NYPD stated in a press release.

Rosado by no means discharged his weapon, which was uncovered after his arrest, police stated.

The motive force claimed to have acted out of revenge after his sufferer and one other man tried to rob him earlier within the day.

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Luis Rosado by no means discharged his weapon, which was uncovered after his arrest.

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Nobody was injured by any bullets in the course of the altercation, in line with NYPD.

At the very least 54 individuals have been injured in automotive crashes on St. Nicholas Ave. thus far this 12 months, together with pedestrians, cyclists and motorized vehicle occupants, in line with publicly obtainable metropolis stats.