Eric Adams says a New Jersey teen made a “very clear attempt to drive at a police officer” before cops opened fire on him in the Bronx over the weekend.
Hizzoner told reporters that he’d been briefed on the initial internal probe of the Sunday night shooting, which left Luis Manuel-Monsanto, 18, in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
In a media briefing Sunday night, Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said the SUV had backed up and then “sped directly” toward cops before they opened fire, striking the teen in the head. “This was not a rolling back, this was not a backing up. This was a very clear attempt to drive at a police officer,” Adams said.referencing terrorists who’ve used vehicles in their attacksMayor Eric Adams said police opened fire after Luis Manuel-Monsanto allegedly tried to drive directly into an officer.“We’ve continued to train our police officers to deal with how now vehicles are used as weapons to harm innocent people as well as police officers,” he said.