Brooklyn Gunman Sentenced After Injuring NYPD Officer

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn gunman who injured an NYPD officer during a shooting almost two years ago will serve nine and a half years behind bars, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced Thursday.

Jah-Mike Woolridge, 28, of Brownsville, faced attempted murder and assault charges in 2022, nearly five months after a stray bullet struck a patrol car in Brownsville, injuring one of the officers inside.

On Wednesday, Woolridge was sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Miriam Cyrulnik after pleading guilty to first-degree attempted assault, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

Woolridge also faces five years of supervision following his prison sentence.

"Thankfully, this NYPD detective was spared more serious injuries when this defendant fired a barrage of approximately nine rounds in broad daylight. Today’s sentence holds him accountable for his actions and will help to make the streets of Brooklyn safer,” Gonzalez said.

Woolridge admitted that on June 23, 2022, following an argument with an unnamed 23-year-old man, he opened fire on the man's vehicle heading northbound on Legion Street.

One of the bullets missed and struck a police car on Pitkin Avenue near Legion Street, Gonzalez said.

Detective Sunjay Verma was injured by shattered glass from the driver’s side window. Following the shooting, Verma chased after Woolridge, who fled into the nearby Brooklyn Gardens Housing Development, where a loaded black pistol was later found, Gonzalez said.

Woolridge was ultimately apprehended in Maryland by the Fugitive Task Force and the U.S. Marshals in November 2022 and brought back to New York, prosecutors said.