Wild moments as victim of attempted mugging fires at attacker & is killed by cops
A Brooklyn gunman shot to death by NYPD cops was firing at a man who had just tried to mug him, police sources said Tuesday.
Nathan Scott was shooting at the 19-year-old mugger and a woman near E. 57th St. and Remsen Ave. in East Flatbush when members of the Brooklyn South Critical Response Team arrived at the scene about 6 p.m. on Monday.
“Hey! Stop!” cops could be heard yelling at Scott, 20, just before gunshots were heard, video of the incident seen by the Daily News reveals.
Amid the chaos, officers fired off more than 15 rounds, hitting the gunman multiple times on the sidewalk.
A 60-year-old bystander working on a car across the street from the shooting scene was hit by two stray bullets, possibly fired by cops. Police were waiting for the results of a ballistics test to confirm that.
Cops were first called to a streetcorner two blocks away, at Linden Blvd. and E. 57th St., after receiving numerous 911 calls of a shooting in progress. After canvassing the area for about seven minutes, they found Scott chasing his two victims and “firing numerous rounds trying to shoot them,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a Monday night news conference.
“Our officers jump out [of their cars] quickly and take care of the threat,” he said. “They ran towards the threat when they heard the shots and they took out a threat and saved two peoples’ lives.”
Cops did not disclose how many shots Scott fired, but a window of an unmarked police car was hit by two bullets during the exchange, police said.
Two sisters who were shooting a music video on a nearby roof heard the shots, which one of them described as “rapid fire.”
“We were looking over the roof during the shooting,” Jada Babb told the Daily News on Monday night. “They could’ve shot us. The cops came and there were helicopters.”
Medics rushed Scott to Kings County Hospital, where he died. His gun was recovered by cops. Scott had never been arrested in New York, cops said.
Jeremiah Adams, the unarmed teen who allegedly tried to mug Scott, was taken in for questioning. While he wasn’t immediately charged in Monday’s incident, cops charged Adams with a March 7 robbery in which an 18-year-old man was shot in the neck and chest on East New York Ave. and Mother Gaston Blvd. in Brownsville.
Adams has been arrested six times before and is a suspect in a nonfatal shooting in Queens in 2022, according to police sources.
No cops were hit in Monday’s exchange of gunfire, but four officers were taken to an area hospital for evaluation.
Cops are still trying to determine who fired the shots that hit the 60-year-old bystander. Investigators were coordinating with the hospital to have the slugs removed from the surviving victim and sent in for ballistics testing.
The man, Henry Massop, said Tuesday he was not resentful over the incident.
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division was investigating the shooting to determine if proper police tactics were used.
Members of the NYPD’s Critical Response Team, known for their khaki pants and NYPD polo shirts, patrol in unmarked vehicles and have been involved in a number of vehicle pursuits in the five boroughs. Team members have also been criticized for acting aggressively when they respond to 911 calls.