Watch out. I think we're in the 77. We're in the 77. We're close to the 77 precinct itself. It's turning onto Utica. Turning onto Utica. All right, everybody. Welcome back. We got another video for you. This one comes from Midwest Safety, the best. And it is NYPD chases shooter through congested streets. Man, I can't even imagine what it be like to be chasing somebody through New York streets. But let's I haven't seen it. Let's go. Oh. Little Starsky and Hutch. acoustic gunshot detection system called ShotSpotter, which allows for an immediate police response even before any 911 calls are placed. Notably, this incident takes place the following day and less than 6 miles away from the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and police were still without a suspect in custody. Officers likely have this on their minds as they approach their scene in the 88th precinct. What follows is extremely rare footage of a daytime pursuit in rush hour traffic by the NYPD. Upon arrival, one witness told officers the shooting suspect was in a vehicle with an out-of-state license plate, which was mounted at an angle by a single screw. Within 15 minutes of This is all valuable information. Shot uh ShotSpotter. This is really good for like cities, congested areas. Out here in Arizona, everything's really spread out. So unless you put it in a city where you had a lot of shootings, e.g. Chicago, New York, LA, those places it would work well, especially New York. And just real quick side note, the whole uh um the guy shooting the the United Healthcare one, I think Luigi Mangione, if that is indeed him. So if you see him racking it, he had a suppressor on the front. Um if you don't have the this little piece that goes inside of the suppressor, it doesn't cycle the gun. The very first time I saw that, I knew exactly what was stopping his gun from cycling. And so there he he had to work the action himself. But anyway, side note. Here we go. Let's go. >> Officers from the 84th precinct located a vehicle matching the witness's description roughly a mile away near the intersection of Fulton and Washington. As officials attempted to pull them over, the vehicle fled leading to a multi-cruiser pursuit in the congested streets of downtown Brooklyn. >> Oh, he left his guy behind. >> There's a 3-year-old girl in the backseat of the suspect vehicle. He left his buddy behind. He had to go pick him up. So. Man, I can't even imagine. I've been to New York quite a few times. I can't hear transmissions. I can't hear transmissions. So they're calling out. I can't imagine they get into a lot of pursuits out there. So they got a description. Talk to me, Sarge. Nobody cut us, right? So he said, "Talk to me, Sarge. Nobody cut us, right?" What he's saying is nobody's told us to stop pursuing, right? So they're keeping going. He's talking about a firearm in there because that will add to the reasons of why you should continue on with the pursuit. Firearm in there as far as I can tell. Keep going. Red light. So they're chasing him for half a mile, which probably That's a lot. Why the [ __ ] you trying to pass me, bro? Oh, that was not good. All right. Okay, just for We've done a lot of pursuits. That one wasn't You shouldn't pass the guy like that unless you say, "Hey, I'm going to jump up front, take it." Typically, we would do this if if let's say a trooper was going to pit him or something. That's why we would let somebody. In this particular case, this guy just wants to be He must have been the one that left his partner behind initially. Watch, they're going to throw something. People running. There's people running. Careful. Careful. This is crazy watching it in a city like this. Get your binder. I have not a happy. I need help from other commands. Why didn't they block that car, man? That was stupid. Nine red lights is right. There's pedestrians everywhere, too. Thank goodness they're not He's going to get stuck. He's going to get stuck. He's going to get stuck. Maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe not. Go ahead. They turned left. They turned left. Oh man, the traffic in New York. Okay. Okay. Going for a passing maneuver going towards Utica. Oh, people. Nowhere for that to go. We're in the 77. We're close to the 77 precinct itself. It's turning onto Utica. Turning onto Utica. Hit the other 77. We're going towards the 77 itself, the physical building. In front of the precinct. We're in front of the precinct. In front of the 77. This is crazy. We're passing the 77 right now. With dead lights on. >> In front of the 77. We are physically in front of the 77. Look at all this driving. They've gone 1.7 miles. It shows you how congested it is there. He's going He's making his way towards Eastern Parkway. Going Park Park and Utica. He's stuck. He's stuck. He's stuck. He's stuck. HE'S STUCK. WOAH. WOAH. WOAH. WOAH. THE driver They don't know what to do. I'm confused. Looks like the driver got out and ran. >> Officers reported they were unaware of the 3-year-old girl in the backseat prior to firing 19 times, whose condition will be revealed via body cam momentarily. Police killed 21-year-old passenger Christopher Ferguson, who they allege pointed a pistol at them. Christopher was driven by his alleged 21-year-old girlfriend, whose name is redacted. She was shot twice in the right thigh before being apprehended and was later indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on first-degree reckless endangerment and other child endangerment charges. Afterwards, police held a briefing where they revealed an ongoing investigation involving Christopher. Well, we become aware that this male is someone who's wanted for a homicide that occurred back in March. Not anymore. A particularly vicious homicide that had the opportunity to observe on camera. Once news of Christopher's death broke, his mother advocated for the release of the body cam footage. Somebody They want to see the body cam footage. And then they realize the the lives that that her son put at risk. >> Somebody needs to answer for why my son was shot. I don't even want to believe that it's him until I see with my own eyes. I don't care what crime that Christopher did. 17 Of course she don't. is excessive. My son weighed 100 lb. Two shots could have killed them. They Okay, folks. This whole two shots versus 17 shots. You use the force necessary to stop the threat. When six [snorts] people are shooting and shoot two rounds a piece like she said, that's 12 shots right there. If anybody happens to shoot three, you know, easily you easily get to 17. With as many people as were shooting, 17's not a big That's not a lot. But the the fact that they're sitting here saying two shots was Who cares how many shots they took to stop the threat? They need all of that. >> For the usual protocol regarding officer-involved shootings, NYPD released the footage around 30 days later, shedding light on the uncertainty. Okay, here we go. Oh. Dang. That's why they were Wow. So lucky. Okay, so this guy shot once. Oh, NO. I MEAN, he shot 16. Like a whole mag. Oh, and he caught the chick. At least I'm glad to hear her asking for her son. She was smart to get out of the vehicle because or her daughter. Left her daughter in there. So she's saying, "Get my son." But it was actually her daughter that was in the vehicle. Wow. The crossfire. There's a baby. There's a baby. THERE'S A OH MAN, TRAUMATIZED. Thank goodness the child's okay. >> Review of Officer Aguilar's body cam shows Christopher was armed with his pistol. And that official's moments before officers fired. 100% >> CCTV footage that captured the initial gunfire that triggered ShotSpotter. It appears to show Christopher firing at a passerby at close range, briefly leaving And this kid was a turd. >> He quickly gets back in the passenger seat before they drive off where the visibly candid out-of-state license plate mentioned by witnesses can be seen. Vehicle pursuits in downtown New York may sound uncommon, but they have surged in recent years after a policy change removed restrictions on them. A total of 214 pursuits in 2022 jumped to 1,593 in 2023. I like to see that and I'll tell you why. Now, most people would be like, "Oh, that's too many." If you don't go after criminals, they will run from you every time. The only reason there was 214 pursuits is cuz they made they wouldn't let you pursue. That doesn't mean they didn't have the crimes. So, just because you have 214 pursuits doesn't mean that the crime wasn't there. They just weren't pursuing it. They were letting the criminals get away. Now, 1,500 pursuits tells me they're actually chasing after criminals and I like to see that. A 600 >> Let these guys do their jobs. >> Despite overall crime declining, including a nearly 25% drop in shootings and 12% decrease in murders, according to NYPD data. To my point. The fact that they started going after people, they had a decrease in shootings by 25% and a decrease in murders once they started pursuing people. It also shows officers conducted 2,278 vehicle pursuits in 2024 with one in four resulting in a crash, property damage, or injury. Data shows 2/3 of those pursuits began after a traffic stop. With public safety in mind, a policy change was made. Since February 2025, NYPD cruisers can no longer pursue a vehicle unless officers have probable cause to believe the suspect has committed a violent crime. Even under this new policy, this chase likely would have been authorized. Several months later, investigations concluded that officers would not be criminally charged for this incident, closing the case. Yeah. Man, I I thought they did a good job. That was a little different for me to see in this the city and then just the amount of vehicles. They stayed right on them. Didn't love when the one vehicle passed them, but I love the aggressiveness. And they were able to get this guy um driving like that with a 3-year-old in the backseat. And that that was the mother that was driving like that, by the way, cuz the passenger was the guy. And you could clearly see in the video where he pulls the gun and points it right at the officers. They did a good job of of using the force that they needed immediately. Because a lot of times guys are not ready for that. They were ready and they took they stopped the threat. And uh she got hit a couple times, which she's lucky she didn't get hit worse. And thankfully they didn't hit the child. So. And that no pass no uh nobody walking, didn't crash in any vehicles. All in all, I thought they did a great job. Well done, NYPD, one of the best in the business. Let me know what you think. Comment, like, subscribe. And uh how do you think they did? This was kind of a hairy one to watch, but I'm glad it worked out in the end. Bad guy gone. Um child safe. Mom held accountable, I think. So. Let me know what you think. Comment, like, subscribe, and I'll catch you on the next video.