BUFFALO, N.Y. – Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia of the Buffalo Police Department said he is amazed that a murder suspect missed two police officers Friday night after firing his weapon through their windshield at “point-blank range.”
“Thank God he did,” Gramaglia said during a Sunday afternoon press conference, referring to the near misses, “or it would be a completely different story here.”
Patrol officers came upon the murder suspect immediately after a fatal shooting, he said. The victim was identified as 63-year-old Atlas Johnson. The suspect was identified as 27-year-old Nakeem Haynes, reported The Buffalo News.
The officers drove their police unit toward Haynes, who ended up on the patrol car’s hood after it struck a building. He then turned and fired into the windshield, Gramaglia said, just between the officers in the front seat.
After firing at officers, the suspect fled on foot, the commissioner said, while police chased the armed gunman.
A subsequent shooting occurred when the officers caught and confronted the suspect two blocks away. Consequently, Haynes was shot eight times in the chest, shoulder, side, lower back, and thigh, Gramaglia confirmed.
The officers administered first aid at the scene before the suspect was transported to Erie County Medical Center, where he remains in critical but stable condition, according to Buffalo News.
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