NYPD Cops Fatally Shoot Gunman Chasing Couple Down Street

NEW YORK CITY — Police shot and killed a gunman who chased — and fired off bullets at — a couple down a Brooklyn street, NYPD officials said.

The couple — a man and woman — emerged uninjured from the chase Monday evening in East Flatbush, said NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.

The police shooting unfolded after cops in an unmarked car took a turn near East 57th Street and Linden Boulevard and saw a man, 20, chasing and firing numerous gunshots at a couple, Chell said.

"The male we shot numerous times, he was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital," he said.

What prompted the chase and shooting remained unclear as of Monday evening, Chell said.

He said police had received numerous calls about shots being fired about 5:55 p.m. in the neighborhood.

Cops in an unmarked car canvassed the area for roughly seven minutes before they came upon the shooter mid-chase, Chell said.

Chell said a 60-year-old man near the chase also suffered a gunshot wound, but police were unsure whether it was connected.