{"id":188424,"date":"2026-04-07T16:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188424\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:07:35","slug":"police-hunt-for-driver-who-mowed-into-cop-during-brooklyn-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188424\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt for driver who mowed into cop during Brooklyn traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"908\" height=\"1186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/821-26-Assault-on-UMOS-90-Pct-04-04-26-Photo-1.jpg\" class=\"crop-top no-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"suspect sought for striking cop in Brooklyn with vehicle\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Police hunt for driver who mowed into cop during Brooklyn traffic stop 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police say they are on the hunt for a driver who reversed into a cop in Brooklyn, injuring him during a traffic stop over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are on the hunt for a driver who struck a <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> cop with their vehicle, injuring the officer during a traffic stop over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the incident unfolded at 8 p.m. on April 4 at the intersection of Wallabout Street and Broadway in Williamsburg, in the confines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd90pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">90th Precinct<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Cops say members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=%22community+response+team%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NYPD Community Response Team<\/a> spotted a white 2018 Q50S Infiniti with misplaced Montana license plates and excessive window tints and pulled the vehicle over.<\/p>\n<p>As officers left their cars and approached, the driver suddenly accelerated forward and struck two police vehicles before reversing the Infinity and colliding with a police officer. The Infiniti then fled southbound on Wallabout Street.<\/p>\n<p>The officer sustained minor injuries and bruising to the lower body. He was transported by EMS to a local area hospital in stable condition.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police have released surveillance footage of the man they believe is responsible and are asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this assault can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,<\/a>\u00a0or on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say they are on the hunt for a driver who reversed into a cop in Brooklyn, injuring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,303,9,24,63,103,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-188424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nypd","16":"tag-police"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}