In New York City, police are alerted to shots fired by the city's acoustic gunshot detection system called Shot Spotter, 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 milesi 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 outofstate license plate, which was mounted at an angle by a single screw. Within 15 minutes, 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. What officers don't know, there is a three-year-old girl in the backseat of the suspect vehicle. Body cameras on. Body cameras on. Body cameras on. >> I can't hear transmissions. I can't hear transmissions. Talk to me, SGS. >> Nobody cut us, right? >> He's got a firearm in there. That's as far as I'm concerned. Keep going. Why the HE TRYING TO PASS ME, BRO? >> SO, you might as well try to get >> here. Get me help. Get me help. >> Watch. They're going to throw something out. There's people running. There's people running. >> Careful. Careful. Why do I have not? I need help from other commands. >> Why didn't they block that car, man? That was stupid. >> Messenger. Don't get stuck. He's going to get stuck. Maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe not. Hey, turn left. Turn left. Watch out. Watch out. >> Watch out. Passing going towards Unica. >> I think we're in the 77. >> We're in the 77. We're close to the 77 precinct itself. >> It's turning out to Unica. Turn on the UNIDAC and be out the 77. >> We're going towards the 77 itself. The physical building right now. >> In front of the precinct. We're in front of the precinct. in front of the 77. >> We're passing the 77 right now. We got like >> in front of the 77. We are physically in front of the 77. He's making his way toward eastern doorway. Ping unicorn. He's stuck. He's stuck. He's stuck. He's stuck. He's stuck. Officers reported they were unaware of the three-year-old girl in the back seat 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. >> But we become aware that this male is someone who's wanted for a homicide that occurred back in March. A particularly vicious homicide that I 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 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 is excessive. >> My son weigh 100 lb. Two shots could have killed him. They didn't need all of that. >> Per the usual protocol regarding officer involved shootings, NYPD released the footage around 30 days later, shedding light on the uncertainty. >> He's stuck. He's stuck. He's stuck. HE'S DOWN. Get down. GET DOWN. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Dispatch. Dispatch. Hey. Hey. It's a baby. It's a baby. It's a baby. It's a baby. It's a baby. It's a baby. [screaming] A slow motion review of officer Agalar's body cam shows Christopher was armed with his pistol and pointed it at officials moments before officers fired. Officials also recovered CCTV footage that captured the initial gunfire that triggered Shot Spotter. It appears to show Christopher firing at a passerby at close range, briefly leaving his vehicle to get a better shot. He quickly gets back in the passenger seat before they drive off where the visibly canned outofstate 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, a 644% increase despite overall crime declining, including a nearly 25% drop in shootings and 12% decrease in murders, according to NYPD data. 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 twothirds 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.