Cops Shoot Man Driving Stolen Car On Belt Parkway

NEW YORK CITY — An NYPD officer shot and killed a driver near the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn Tuesday night after police tried to pull over the vehicle that was reported stolen.

Police initially ran the license plates of a Porsche and discovered it had been stolen in Pennsylvania, officials said.

Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle near Cropsey Avenue, but were unsuccessful as the driver sped off the Belt Parkway and headed toward surrounding service roads before heading onto the parkway again.

Other precincts were dispatched and police set up a road block on a service road near Exit 13. The driver then nearly hit an officer as he sped down the road — another officer fired one at the vehicle, which struck the driver, officials said.

The driver then crashed into an NYPD vehicle on Pennsylvania Avenue. The suspect was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

A passenger who was in the Porsche was also taken into custody.

An investigation remains ongoing.