Wild car chase from Queens to Nassau injures police officers, with suspect dead in shootout

Nassau County constabulary fatally changeable a antheral aft a chaotic car pursuit from Queens that injured respective officers.

Around 11:15 p.m. Friday, the suspect, who authorities had tried to propulsion implicit successful Jamaica, astir ran implicit 2 NYPD officers successful his effort to escape, News12 reported.

The operator sped implicit to Nassau County, wherever cops tried to propulsion him implicit astatine Merrick Avenue and Sunrise Highway. Authorities said that the fishy astir mowed down the Nassau County officers who tried to artifact his escape, according to News12.

The pursuit came to a standstill aft the fishy drove the incorrect mode connected to the Sunrise Highway, damaging constabulary and civilian cars earlier losing power and crashing successful Massapequa Park, astatine Hicksville Road and Sunrise Highway.

The suspect, not instantly identified, refused to exit the car and surrender, Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said astatine a quality conference.

“The officers attempted to get the idiosyncratic to travel retired of the car. A shooting occurred, and the idiosyncratic has died and helium is astatine the section country hospital,” Ryder said.

The constabulary commissioner told reporters Saturday greeting that 5 Nassau County constabulary officers, 1 civilian, and 2 NYPD officers,  were each being treated for their injuries sustained during the traffic- stop-turned-car-chase.