An NYPD sergeant and a civilian driver were hospitalized on Sunday evening, June 21, after an investigation into a stolen vehicle in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx resulted in the sergeant getting hit by the stolen vehicle and the driver getting shot by another police officer, police said.

 

Other NYPD personnel were also injured during the incident which took place on East Fordham Road between Webster Avenue and Marion Avenue, they said.

A police spokesperson initially said that at around 5.35 p.m. on Sunday, police approached a vehicle that was suspected to have been stolen.

 

They said the vehicle subsequently moved forward and hit a sergeant at the scene and the vehicle driver was shot in the arm.

The crime scene on E Fordham Rd in Fordham Manor, Bronx 6/21/2026, after shooting & car injury. V1.

They said the sergeant and the vehicle driver were transported to hospital and are in stable condition. They said the driver and another vehicle passenger were taken into custody.

 

They said the sergeant was first hit by the car, fell backwards and his head hit the street, and that other police officers were also injured, though their injuries appear to have been less serious.

A press conference was held at the scene later on Sunday night with NYPD Assistant Chief Aneudy Castillo, the newly appointed commanding officer of Patrol Borough Bronx North, Det. Inspector Paul Muggeo, executive officer of the NYPD Force Investigations Division, and NYPD Deputy Chief Oswaldo Nuñez, executive officer of Patrol Borough Bronx North.

 

Castillo said that at 5.35 p.m. on Sunday, police received an alert from a license plate reader that a stolen vehicle, a silver Kia Sportage with New Jersey licensed plates, was traveling through Washington Heights in Manhattan. He said the car had been reported stolen on Saturday, June 20, from another area of The Bronx.

“A short time later, around 5.45 p.m., there was a subsequent alert that showed that the vehicle had traveled northwest and was going east across University Heights bridge,” he said. “NYPD Aviation began tracking the stolen vehicle as it moved through The Bronx in order to notify units from the community response team about the stolen vehicle.”

 

Castillo continued, “The units from the community response team located the vehicle as it was traveling eastbound on West Fordham Road, crossing Cedar Avenue. Those units began to covertly follow the stolen vehicle for about one mile until it made a stop and a passenger got out of the car.”

He continued, “The vehicle then resumes driving for about two blocks and ultimately stopped outside of 380-382 East Fordham Road [the location of the incident] at approximately 5.56 p.m. At that point, six unmarked NYPD vehicles surrounded the stolen vehicle that was stopped to prevent the car from fleeing the location. Multiple members of the community response team got out of the vehicle and surrounded the stolen vehicle, instructing the driver and the passenger to get out of the car multiple times.”

 

Castillo continued, “As members of the NYPD were around the car, the driver of the stolen vehicle put the car into reverse, hitting one of the unmarked vehicles and ultimately hitting multiple members of the NYPD. He then put the Kia into drive and turned the wheels of the Kia to the right where the sergeant was standing. He drove the car into the sergeant who was thrown to the ground. Another officer jumped onto a parked vehicle to avoid being struck.”

The crime scene on E Fordham Rd in Fordham Manor, Bronx 6/21/2026, after shooting & car injury. V2

The assistant chief added, “The driver then continued his effort to escape, reversing backwards. With the sergeant on the ground in front of the Kia, and multiple additional officers in close proximity to the car, the officer on top of the parked vehicle discharged his firearm at the driver.”

 

He continued, “The driver of the Kia was struck and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he is in stable condition. The sergeant who was hit by the Kia and multiple members of the NYPD were taken to local hospitals, where they are being treated for various injuries and are in stable condition.”

Castillo added, “This incident was captured on body worn camera footage, and is being investigated by the Force Investigations Division. The subject who was driving the stolen vehicle, was arrested in February of this year for shooting at another male in the same precinct (46). He was charged with multiple felonies, including attempted felony assault, reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a firearm.”

 

Asked if the suspect had said anything to the police during the incident, the assistant chief said that was still under investigation. The number of officers involved in the incident and whether there were weapons in the vehicle was also still under investigation, Castillo said. Asked how many times the driver was struck, Castillo said it was still under investigation but at least once in the arm.

The crime scene on E Fordham Rd in Fordham Manor, Bronx 6/21/2026, after shooting & car injury. V3

Asked for the ages of both the sergeant and the victim, Castillo said he did not have that information yet. Another police source later said the driver was 18 and that both the driver and the passenger had been taken into custody.

 

Police later said the six cars had surrounded the stolen vehicle before officers had gotten out of their cars and instructed the driver of the stolen vehicle to get out of the stolen car. Police highlighted that at the time of the incident, a police pursuit was not in progress and the stolen vehicle had been parked.

Police said the prior assault (shots fired without injury) for which the driver had been arrested, and for which he later posted bail, happened on Jan. 24 at 1617 Nelson Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the borough. They said he was arrested on Feb. 9.

 

One person at the scene said he heard one gunshot and then saw a police officer on the ground.

The crime scene on E Fordham Rd in Fordham Manor, Bronx 6/21/2026, after shooting & car injury. V4

Later, Norwood News spoke to a summer student at Fordham University called Michael who lives locally and is waiting to see if he’ll be accepted onto one of their other programs. Michael said he didn’t see what happened but had been in the area earlier and heard it.

 

“All I heard was something like cars… I don’t know how to make the sound but kind of like.. screeching and all I heard was then a loud crash but I didn’t know what was happening because I was down over there by the (Metro North) train, you know where the train station is,” he said. “I didn’t really hear much afterwards though. All I heard was like a loud bang and that was it.”

 

The crime scene on E Fordham Rd in Fordham Manor, Bronx 6/21/2026, after shooting & car injury. V5

Asked if he came up the hill to see what had happened, Michael said, “I didn’t come up because I’m not going to risk it and endanger my life. I left afterwards. I didn’t want to be there because I felt unsafe.”

 

Asked if he had encountered trouble in the area in the past, he said there were always arguments taking place in the area and a lot of undomiciled people. “There’s, like, a lot of problems over here,” he said, later also recalling a stabbing in nearby Kingsbridge Heights.

Police had asked residents to avoid the section of East Fordham Road between Marion Avenue and Webster Avenue while the police investigation was being carried out.

 

NYPD ASSISTANT CHIEF Aneudy Castillo, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Bronx North, and other police personnel, including Det. Inspector Paul Muggeo, executive officer of the NYPD Force Investigations Division, hold a press conference at East Fordham Road and Webster Avenue in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx on Sunday evening, June 21, 2026, after an investigation by police into a stolen vehicle which was seen parked on East Fordham Road resulted in an NYPD sergeant getting struck by the vehicle and the shooting by a police officer of the driver of the vehicle.. V6

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