POLICE RELEASED THIS initial video of a person of interest sought for questioning by the NYPD in connection to an assault on a police officer that occurred on Nov. 22, 2022, at 2287 Loring Avenue in the University Heights section of The Bronx. Video courtesy of the NYPD.

Police have released additional photos and video in the context of an assault on a police officer that took place in University Heights last November.

 

Officers from the 52nd Precinct had been asking for the public’s help identifying the two people seen in the attached media who were sought for questioning in connection to the assault.

 

As reported, police said that on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at around 10.39 p.m., officers in uniform, who were in an unmarked police vehicle, observed a person changing a license plate on a gray 2007 BMW M5 in front of 2287 Loring Avenue, and attempted to conduct a car stop.

“The initial police vehicle was parked slightly in front of the BMW, and a secondary, unmarked police vehicle that responded to the location parked slightly behind the BMW,” a police spokesperson said. “As officers approached the BMW, the unknown male that was previously outside of the vehicle changing the license plate fled into the rear driver side passenger seat of the vehicle.”

 

Police said a second person who was the driver of the vehicle began ramming the car back and forth into the two unmarked police vehicles. “Six uninvolved, civilian vehicles were also damaged by the BMW,” police added. “Officers on scene called for additional units to respond. An officer in uniform in a marked police vehicle arrived at the location. As this officer exited his marked vehicle, the BMW reversed and struck the officer.”

According to the NYPD, the driver of the BMW then recklessly drove along a public sidewalk and fled the location. “EMS responded and transported the injured officer to Montefiore Medical Center in stable condition with an injury to the right knee,” a police spokesperson said.

 

No other physical injuries were reported following the incident, only property damage, police officials said. After a canvass of the area, according to the NYPD, the BMW was located, unoccupied, near the intersection of While Plains Road and Morris Park Avenue in Little Yemen, and was removed.

POLICE RELEASED THIS additional video on Jan. 26, 2023, of a person of interest sought by the NYPD for questioning in connection to an assault on a police officer that occurred on Nov. 22, 2022, at 2287 Loring Avenue in the University Heights section of The Bronx. Video courtesy of the NYPD.

On Jan. 26, pursuant to an ongoing investigation, the NYPD shared additional surveillance video and a photo showing an individual sought for questioning in connection to the assault. These are attached to this story.

 

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.