Man shot, critically wounded by cops in Bx. traffic stop

A police officer shot and critically wounded the driver of a Jeep SUV after stopping the vehicle for allegedly running several red lights in the Bronx Sunday night, NYPD officials said.

The 8 p.m. confrontation on E. 165th St. and Boston Road in Morrisania was caught on police body cameras and was under investigation, NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said at a news conference.

According to Corey, officers on patrol saw the the black Jeep “driving past several red traffic lights” as it cruised north on Boston Road.

The SUV stopped at a light at E. 165th St., and an unmarked police car with the warning lights on angled itself in front of the vehicle “as a second unmarked police car, also with its lights on, approached from behind,” Corey said.

“As the officers exited their vehicle, the Jeep backed up and sped directly toward one officer who discharged his weapon at the vehicle, striking the driver,” Corey said. “The officers immediately began to render lifesaving aid to the driver.”

Three other people inside the Jeep were taken to the 42nd Precinct stationhouse for questioning, he said.

The driver was taken by EMS to Lincoln Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.

“The officers’ body worn cameras were activated, and the videos are being reviewed. This investigation is ongoing,”

Corey said.

“The department’s policy is not to shoot at a moving vehicle unless something other than the vehicle is being used as a weapon,” Corey added. “However, there is a carveout in there that gets reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the first deputy commissioner’s use-of-force review board.”

Images from the scene show police investigating the vehicle as it remained on the sidewalk by the AME Zion Church at the intersection.