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Woman shot dead by Brooklyn detective after trying to flee chaotic accident scene by throwing car into reverse
The woman had blown three red lights, hit a minivan and then tried to escape [/font]
By Rocco Parascandola, Sarah Armaghan AND Kerry Burke / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS [/font]
]Published: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:09 PM[/font]
Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 10:13 AM[/font]
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Police investigate the scene after 23-year-old Shantel Davis, who was driving a stolen Toyota Camry, was shot to death at the corner of Church Ave. and E. 38th St. in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
A Brooklyn detective shot and killed an unarmed woman in a stolen car after she blew through three red lights, hit a minivan and tried to escape by driving in reverse, police said the incident unfolded about 5:40 p.m. in East Flatbush when two plainclothes narcotics cops spotted Shantel Davis, 23, at the wheel of a gray Toyota Camry she allegedly carjacked at gunpoint on June 5.
Davis — who had eight arrests on her rap sheet, sources said — ran a series of red lights along Church Ave. and crossed a double yellow line to pass cars at E. 38th St., where she smacked into the minivan, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said
As the two cops approached the Camry, they saw Davis slide over to the passenger side, where the seat had been stripped out, and try to open the door
One officer, who has been on the force six years, got hit by the door and was thrown backward, Browne said. Davis then got back in the driver’s seat, put the car in reverse and hit the gas, police said
Simultaneously, another cop, identifed by sources as Detective Phillip Atkins, 44, was entering the driver’s side of the Camry, with his gun in hand.
"He’s attempting with the other hand to shift the gear into park,” Browne said.[/font]
“When she’s hitting the gas, a single round was discharged from his firearm, striking the woman in the chest
Browne said it was too soon to say whether the detective, who has 12 years on the force, meant to pull the trigger or if it was an accident.
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Onlookers weep at Church Ave. and E. 38th St. in Brooklyn Thursday evening after a woman driving a stolen car erratically was shot and killed on the street.
Witnesses described a scene of chaos before the shooting.
Dave McKenzie said he heard the cops yelling: “Get out! Get out
“They try to pull her out of the car, and she fights them,” McKenzie said, recalling the woman screaming, “Let me go! Let me go!"
‘I don't want to be killed! Don’t kill me!’ ” the woman yelled, McKenzie added.
Lorraine Preddie, 61, said that after she heard the crash, she saw the detective in a blue NYPD T-shirt with a shield around his neck.
“The next thing I saw was the police officer took his gun out and fired a shot,” she said.
Robert Mecea for New York Daily News
Agitated woman protests to police Thursday night after the unarmed woman was killed in East Flatbush.
Witnesses said it was instantly clear the woman was gravely wounded.“She was bleeding, and then she just dropped. She fell on the floor facedown. She was shaking and the blood was just going out of her,” said one woman who works at a nearby laundermat.
“She was in the street,” Preddie said. “They started giving her chest compressions and took her in the ambulance.”
Davis died at Kings County Hospital. Councilman Jumaane Williams broke the news to her family.
Police said the owner of the Camry confirmed that Davis swiped the vehicle.
Davis, who was identified by family members, was due in court Friday on a kidnapping and attempted murder case stemming from a May 2011 attack.
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The woman had blown three red lights, hit a minivan and then tried to escape [/font]
By Rocco Parascandola, Sarah Armaghan AND Kerry Burke / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS [/font]
]Published: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:09 PM[/font]
Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 10:13 AM[/font]
Joe Marino for New York Daily News[/font]Police investigate the scene after 23-year-old Shantel Davis, who was driving a stolen Toyota Camry, was shot to death at the corner of Church Ave. and E. 38th St. in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
A Brooklyn detective shot and killed an unarmed woman in a stolen car after she blew through three red lights, hit a minivan and tried to escape by driving in reverse, police said the incident unfolded about 5:40 p.m. in East Flatbush when two plainclothes narcotics cops spotted Shantel Davis, 23, at the wheel of a gray Toyota Camry she allegedly carjacked at gunpoint on June 5.
Davis — who had eight arrests on her rap sheet, sources said — ran a series of red lights along Church Ave. and crossed a double yellow line to pass cars at E. 38th St., where she smacked into the minivan, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said
As the two cops approached the Camry, they saw Davis slide over to the passenger side, where the seat had been stripped out, and try to open the door
One officer, who has been on the force six years, got hit by the door and was thrown backward, Browne said. Davis then got back in the driver’s seat, put the car in reverse and hit the gas, police said
Simultaneously, another cop, identifed by sources as Detective Phillip Atkins, 44, was entering the driver’s side of the Camry, with his gun in hand.
"He’s attempting with the other hand to shift the gear into park,” Browne said.[/font]
“When she’s hitting the gas, a single round was discharged from his firearm, striking the woman in the chest
Browne said it was too soon to say whether the detective, who has 12 years on the force, meant to pull the trigger or if it was an accident.
Joe Marino for New York Daily News[/font]Onlookers weep at Church Ave. and E. 38th St. in Brooklyn Thursday evening after a woman driving a stolen car erratically was shot and killed on the street.
Witnesses described a scene of chaos before the shooting.
Dave McKenzie said he heard the cops yelling: “Get out! Get out
“They try to pull her out of the car, and she fights them,” McKenzie said, recalling the woman screaming, “Let me go! Let me go!"
‘I don't want to be killed! Don’t kill me!’ ” the woman yelled, McKenzie added.
Lorraine Preddie, 61, said that after she heard the crash, she saw the detective in a blue NYPD T-shirt with a shield around his neck.
“The next thing I saw was the police officer took his gun out and fired a shot,” she said.
Robert Mecea for New York Daily NewsAgitated woman protests to police Thursday night after the unarmed woman was killed in East Flatbush.
Witnesses said it was instantly clear the woman was gravely wounded.“She was bleeding, and then she just dropped. She fell on the floor facedown. She was shaking and the blood was just going out of her,” said one woman who works at a nearby laundermat.
“She was in the street,” Preddie said. “They started giving her chest compressions and took her in the ambulance.”
Davis died at Kings County Hospital. Councilman Jumaane Williams broke the news to her family.
Police said the owner of the Camry confirmed that Davis swiped the vehicle.
Davis, who was identified by family members, was due in court Friday on a kidnapping and attempted murder case stemming from a May 2011 attack.
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