Body-cam footage captures car thief nearly hitting a cop, ending up in a roof-hopping chase
Heart-pounding NYPD body-cam footage captures the moment a reckless teen driver struck a cop with his stolen ride before leading officers on a roof-hopping chase.
Keyah Richardson, 19, was driving a stolen white sedan when cops pulled him over around 5 p.m. Sunday at 34th Avenue and 99th Street in North Corona, police said. The motorist can be seen backing up onto the sidewalk – just missing a little girl walking with her mom – before striking the roll-down metal shutters of a building on the block.
But instead, the driver stepped on the gas, making a screeching sound as he struck another cop – pinning him between the sedan and a parked car, the footage shows. Richardson then put the pedal to the metal in a bid to flee, driving several blocks and striking multiple cars – before ditching his ride and leading his pursuers on an obstacle course, according to Daughtry.
Richardson was slapped with nearly a dozen charges, including attempted aggravated murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, vehicular assault, fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle and grand larceny auto, cops said. The officer was treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, the NYPD said.
“Another stolen car recovered, another violent criminal off your streets, and most importantly, your cops go home to their families,” Daughtry wrote.
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