A suspect police were trying to arrest took off on a motorcycle when Sgt. Erik Duran apparently hurled a cooler at him.
Police said Sgt. Erik Duran was suspended after the incident on Aqueduct Avenue near West 190th Street.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. Duran was part of a plainclothes buy-and-bust operation. A suspect they were trying to arrest took off on a motorcycle when Duran apparently hurled a cooler at him. The suspect lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a parked vehicle and fell down, striking his head. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. Attorney General Letitia James' office is investigating the incident.
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