Police are looking for a suspect who hurled a Molotov cocktail at a police vehicle in Staten Island, authorities said.
On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at approximately 2:50AM, an unidentified male was observed in the vicinity of Jersey Street and Benzinger Avenue in Staten Island throwing an incendiary device toward an unoccupied parked NYPD Command Post Vehicle. The individual fled the scene toward York and Brighton Avenues. There was no damage to the department vehicle or any injuries sustained as a result of this incident.
The unidentified individual is described as a black male, wearing dark clothing. He fled in an unknown vehicle.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
