A 28-year-old man was slain in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening after a confrontation with law enforcement personnel while driving a Porsche identified as stolen, the New York Police Department confirmed. The man took to the Belt Parkway around 8 p.m., drawing the officers’ attention due to the ‘suspicious’ nature of the vehicle, NYPD’s Department Chief, John Chell, clarified in a press conference.
Upon examining the license plates, the police recognized they were dealing with a vehicle snatched from Pennsylvania. Consequently, officers initiated measures to halt the vehicle. However, the young man at the wheel wasn’t ready to stop, left the parkway only to re-join it again, narrated Chief Chell.
As law enforcement officers prepared to halt the vehicle for the second time, the man defied the instructions again. This time he darted onto a service road where other policemen had established a barricade. The high-speed pursuit was rapidly turning into a dangerous situation as the stolen Porsche zoomed dangerously close to an officer on duty.
Chell mentioned that the Porsche ‘almost collided’ with one of the officers present at the scene. To protect himself and others, an officer ultimately had to open fire at the driver. Despite the firing, however, the car managed to collide with another NYPD vehicle.
Authorities were able to apprehend a passenger who was accompanying the driver in the stolen car. NYPD officers attending the scene provided immediate medical assistance to the injured driver, applying emergency life-saving measures to sustain him as he battled for life following the shooting incident.
Despite the intense efforts of the police officers, the driver’s injuries proved fatal and he succumbed to his wounds later at a hospital. His death marked a tragic end to the high-speed chase involving the stolen luxury car that created a stir in the city
According to the NYPD’s Chief of Department, it came to light that the young man driving the stolen vehicle was on federal probation at the time of the event. The nature of his probation was linked to the transport of stolen vehicles and crossed state borders, involving Pennsylvania where the purloined Porsche hailed from.