What began as a typical arrest in the nail salon, Brooklyn, went out of control. As a result of clashes a police officer was in a coma after a mentally ill seller of t-shirts smacked him in the head with a chair.
The incident began yesterday, October 25, at about 17:40 at the nail salon a Goldmine on Mother Gaston Blvd. between Belmont and Sutter avenues in Brownsville when a man entered and asked to use the bathroom. Then he peed in the middle of the cabin.
The store employees came outside and called two officers from the 73 precinct. When police checked mocheispuskaniya database, I discovered that he had an active arrest warrant and placed him under arrest, said chief of patrol NYPD Rodney Harrison.
33-year-old Kwesi Ashun, who saw the incident outside the cabin, outraged. Ashun, who sold t-shirts from a stand in the street, entered the saloon and started a fight with the officers.
«The man [Ashun] continued its violent struggle with the officers, holding up a metal chair and struck one of the officers in the head,» said Harrison. According to the representative, the officer was hit on the head of Asuna six times.
As reported by Harrison, Ashun, relatives who suffered from bipolar disorder, died at the scene.
#Update on #NailSalonShooting in Brooklyn. Detectives stand by the body inside salon on Mother Gaston Blvd and Sutter Ave. 2 cops inside, when someone hit 1 officer with chair in the head. Gunfire rang out. This person DOA at scene. I cop Kings Co, 1 at Brookdale. pic.twitter.com/U8orTaZLyE
— Mary Murphy (@MurphyPIX) October 25, 2019
The man the officers wanted to arrest, fled the scene with the handcuffs hanging from one wrist. He was quickly detained by other police.
The injured policeman, whose name was not reported, a 21-year veteran of the NYPD . He was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where doctors placed him in a medically induced coma. He is in critical but stable condition.
