Video After The Jump
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The NYPD released new video of the gunman who opened fire & wounded 2 officers in Brooklyn.
The incident happened Sunday night in a stairwell of an apartment in Prospect Lefferts Gardens where a gunman first opened fired on his roommate & then on officers.
One officer was grazed in the leg & a second was struck in his bulletproof vest. They were both taken to Kings County Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The suspect who shot at officers was 44-year-old Ridhwaan Abdur Rashid. He was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, attempted murder & criminal possession of a weapon & unlawful imprisonment.
The officers, assigned to the 71st Precinct, responded to a 911 call of a man shot by his roommate at around 9:15 p.m.
The man made the 911 call from the closet of his second floor apartment on Hawthorne Street, where he was hiding from the armed suspect.
When police arrived, 44-year-old Ridhwaan Abdur Rashid exited the apartment with a blanket over his shoulders.
The officers, who were all in a single-file line outside of the apartment in the stairwell, then engaged with him in conversation regarding the 911 call when authorities say the suspect pulled out a 38 caliber revolver from under the blanket & displayed it toward the officers.
Police say the officers then drew their weapons & stated multiple times for Abdur Rashid to drop his weapon, but he ignored the commands & opened fire on the officers.
The officers returned fire & the suspect retreated to the apartment. The gunman, who was uninjured, was taken into custody after hostage negotiators were called, police said.
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