BREAKING: A man accused of shootings in Manhattan and Brooklyn is now in police custody, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Tuesday morning, bringing an end to a citywide search for a suspect “considered armed and extremely dangerous.”
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.The man accused of a spate of shootings in Manhattan and Brooklyn is now in police custody, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Tuesday morning, bringing an end to a citywide search for a suspect “considered armed and extremely dangerous.”
Oliver’s arrest comes hours after Sewell and other NYPD officials urged the public to come forward with any information that might help determine Oliver’s whereabouts. Shortly after 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Sewell said authorities had “blanketed the city” in search of the gunman. Police say the violence began around 9:30 a.m. Monday in Brooklyn, where a 96-year-old man was shot in his right ankle after Oliver allegedly tried to rob a woman nearby and misfired. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, where police said he was in stable condition.
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