Two Venezuelan Migrants Carjack Off-Duty NYPD Officer at Gunpoint
Two migrants carjacked an off-duty NYPD officer at gunpoint on Friday evening.
The carjacking took place in Harlem around 11:30 p.m. at West 146 Street and Bradhurst Avenue.
The migrants are believed to be Venezuelan and associated with a gang from the South American country.
One of the perpetrators was armed with a fully automatic pistol. The other knocked the officer’s gun out of his hand and took it before demanding his keys.
According to a report from the New York Post, the duo then jumped into the officer’s vehicle and fled the scene.
No injuries to the officer have been reported.
The Post reports:
One of the guns in the brazen incident had a glock switch,