NYPD arrest warrant turns into goat rope
This combination of security camera and bodycam footage comes courtesy of the New York Police Department (NYPD). It shows their officers attempting to apprehend a suspect wanted for armed robbery. In serving this warrant, the officers make some decidedly confusing choices. After discharging a weapon in his apartment, the suspect charges out of the domicile and seriously injures an officer before trying to flee. Another officer fires, striking the suspect twice. Although he survives, viewer discretion is advised. NYPD officers gathered at the apartment of Antonio Morales, 18 years of age, in order to serve a warrant for his arrest. Morales was suspected of robbery at gunpoint. When the officers made contact, he at first refused to open the door. Morales was heard to fire several rounds from a weapon inside the apartment, which prompts one officer to hold the door for some reason- as if that'll stop him shooting through it- while the other officers draw weapons and dither in an almost textbook crossfire. Morales pries the door from the officer trying to hold it and charges down the hallway toward what I assume is a security officer before doubling back and shoving Officer Doorstop to the ground. The downed officer suffered a serious head injury. Morales passes by the only officer in the footage who looks like he's in shape for tackling a fleeing suspect- who, despite having a gun drawn, has been mostly engaged in holding the elevator open- and gets shot twice by a female officer not seen in the latter part of the security footage. While she had been holding the perimeter, Morales had been heading her direction, presumably to escape the main door. He all but literally smacks into her, and she seems almost surprised as the suspect when she hits him with two rounds. Although his weapon cannot be seen, it has to be said that she had every reason to believe him to be armed in a rapidly unfolding situation. Morales was transported to an area hospital, and his handgun was found on-scene. Morales has been charged with the following in addition to the original warrant: Reckless Endangerment, Assaulting a Police Officer, Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
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