Biker enclave pistol standoff
Five thugs pistol-whipped a man and then holed up in a crowded biker club where a party was raging Saturday morning in Brooklyn — prompting a nearly twohour long standoff with police, authorities said.
The 43-year-old victim was outside Club Bejac, home to Bejacs Motorcycle Club, on Third Avenue near 57th Street in Sunset Park, when the suspects assaulted him at around 7:20 a.m., police said.
The five men then allegedly darted inside the club, where more than 100 people were partying — and refused to leave.
Police, including an Emergency Service Unit and hostage negotiation team, swarmed the location.
“I was walking my dog ear- lier and the armored truck was trying to bust in,” said one witness who gave his name as Jesse D. “It rammed right into the front doors.”
The doors remained standing, but were badly damaged. The five suspects finally surrendered at around 9 a.m., police sources said.
About 100 more people were initially lined up in handcuffs. Police only confirmed the five arrests.
Locals said the scene at the club is often rowdy.
“I’m not surprised,” one woman said. “It’s an afterhours place — just young kids having a good time.”
Charges against the suspects are pending. It’s unclear if they were members of the club.