Accused Brooklyn Cop Shooter Facing Attempted Murder Charges

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — The man who is accused of shooting and injuring an NYPD detective in Brooklyn is facing several charges, including attempted murder, the NYPD said on Saturday.

Kelvin Stichel, 33, of East New York, was charged with four counts of second-degree attempted aggravated murder of a peace officer, four counts of second-degree attempted murder and third-degree robbery. Stichel shot the Brooklyn North Warrant Squad detective in the leg near the corner of Decatur Street near Throop Avenue early Friday morning, police said.

The detective was in an unmarked police car when he spotted Stichel who was wanted for armed robbery, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said Friday. Officers made a U-turn to follow Stichel, who began to run, O'Neill said. Cops then got out of the car and surrounded him when he began firing and shot the detective in the upper right thigh, O'Neill said.

He was later caught at a residential building hallway on Kingston Avenue.

Investigators found a gun, which police believe to be Stichel's, in a nearby garbage can.

Stichel, whose previous arrests include assaulting a police officer, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for an apparent gun wound, police said.

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Editor's Note: This article was corrected to state that Stichel is charged with attempted murder. The article incorrectly stated he was charged with murder. Patch regrets the error.