New York Daily News

POLICE TASE WRONG GUY

B’klyn ma calls 911 on wild son – someone else roughed up

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blocked with four Jeeps and a control car,” said Shania Seldy, 26. “He was on the corner. They Tased him and he went down. A guy came running from the street and he said, ‘Officer, you got the wrong guy.’ But they didn’t care. They put him in the ambulance and they took him away.”

Walcott was wearing clothing similar to what Hinkson was sporting and was irrational, cursing as officers approached him, police sources said.

Because of his alleged reaction — the foul language, yelling and body language — the cops thought Walcott was the man they were looking for, the sources explained.

That’s when the police Tased him.

“The commanding officer is aware of the situation and is looking into the matter,” said Sgt. Brendan Ryan, a department spokesman. Hinkson’s father said his son was OK.

“What happened down the block happened to another guy,” said the dad, who did not want to be identified.

“I’ve already been to the precinct twice about it. I don’t want to talk about it.”

The incident came almost two weeks after an unarmed man was fatally shot by cops who mistook a piece of pipe he was brandishin­g for a gun.

Cops were responding to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun when they encountere­d Saheed Vassell, 34, a bipolar welder on the corner of Utica Ave. and Montgomery St. in Crown Heights on April 4.

Officials said four cops opened fire on Vassell after he turned and pointed the pipe in their direction.

Vassell’s family and neighborho­od activists decried the shooting, and urged the NYPD to release an unedited video of the shooting, and identify the officers who opened fire.

 ??  ?? With John Annese Police were called to scene of disturbanc­e in Crown Heights when they used stun gun three times on person who wasn’t involved. He was later let go.
With John Annese Police were called to scene of disturbanc­e in Crown Heights when they used stun gun three times on person who wasn’t involved. He was later let go.

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