Authorities said Brooklyn's grandmother was injured when a reckless driver slammed her on the weekend trying to avoid a policeman and seriously injured her grandson. We have confirmed the identity ofwho killed.
Lynn Christopher, 67, is deadly during a Saturday evening rampage that spans five blocks and ends at the corner of Bedford-Stuyvesant's Ralph Avenue and Halsey Street. The police said he was hit hard.
Her eight-year-old grandson was still alive Monday morning, police said.
Christopher, who lived just a few blocks from the scene, spent the day with her grandson Jacob Butler, who was visiting from Atlanta. He told WCBS.
"It's the most devastating thing in the world to see mom and her nephew hurt and at least not being able to get to them just by being with her," Leslie said. Told the network.
"They just ran away and left on the street. It was like garbage, "Leslie said of the hit-and-run driver. "Who is it? To the good people who are just spending the day and just trying to live their lives? I don't understand."
Leslie at the outlet on Sunday and his nephew at the Mymonides Medical Center He said he was using a ventilator and needed surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.
She said he also supported her broken leg.
Police said the other three were also hospitalized in connection with a reckless rampage.
Police officers suspect stolen passenger plates do not match When he found a car, the frenzy began. At a press conference on the scene, assistant chief Judith Harrison said he seemed to be smoking marijuana.
She said a police car with three policemen inside pulled the car on Ralph Avenue and Chauncy Street.
"When police officers got out of the car and walked closer to it, the car ran very fast," Harrison said.
According to police, the car collided with a cyclist and two pedestrians at the corner of Ralph and Macon Street, followed by another pedestrian and the vehicle further above the block.
One person was first detained, but he was detained. Police confirmed on Monday that they were responsible for the rampage and release that turned out not to be.
Police were still looking for a driver on Monday morning.
The ardent mayor Eric Adams blamed judges, prosecutors and politicians while blaming the tragedy of the state's generous bail reform policy.
"We guarantee that they have a long criminal record, even if they don't even know who they are. We guarantee that they have history. That's us. Is the only thing I'm sure of, "continued Adams.
"We are dying innocent people in this city."
