Three NYPD officers opened fire on an armed suspect early Sunday after a shootout left a detective struck in his ballistic vest.<\/p>\n
The suspect, identified as 18-year-old Camani Bartletto of West Orange, New Jersey, now faces multiple charges, including attempted murder.<\/p>\n
The violent incident unfolded July 5 at about 4:14 a.m. near St. Johns Place and Nostrand Avenue in the 77th Precinct.<\/p>\n
According to the NYPD, officers assigned to a Mobile Field Force detail were parked in an unmarked police vehicle when Bartletto, armed with a gun, approached them. The officers quickly exited the vehicle to engage him.<\/p>\n
During the confrontation, three officers discharged their service firearms. While Bartletto was not struck, a preliminary investigation later found ballistic damage on both the front and rear passenger sides of the police vehicle.<\/p>\n
During the exchange, one detective was struck in the back, but his ballistic vest prevented the bullet from penetrating, leaving him with a contusion. A second officer sustained contusions to his face and shoulder. Both were taken by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals\/Kings County, where they are listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n
Bartletto fled on foot, sparking a brief pursuit. Officers caught up with him several blocks away near Rogers Avenue and Union Street.<\/p>\n
Authorities said Bartletto actively resisted arrest and refused to comply with commands, prompting officers to deploy a Taser to take him into custody.<\/p>\n
Investigators later reviewed surveillance footage showing him in possession of a firearm about five minutes before the encounter.<\/p>\n
Bartletto has been charged with two counts each of attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment, along with criminal mischief.<\/p>\n
The officers were in the area as part of the NYPD\u2019s Fourth of July Violence Reduction Plan, which was aimed at curbing crew violence in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
The investigation is being led by the NYPD\u2019s Force Investigation Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three NYPD officers opened fire on an armed suspect early Sunday after a shootout left a detective struck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-289390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289390","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=289390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}