Rookie cops shoot 14-year-old dead after teen opened fire in South Bronx
Police and forensic teams at the scene of the shooting in the South Bronx
Police shot and killed an armed teen in the South Bronx early today after the suspect opened fire and refused to drop his gun, police said.
Two rookie cops heard shots fired near East 151st Street and Courtlandt Avenue around 3 a.m. and ran in the direction of fire, police said. The uniformed officers saw Shaaliver Douse, 14, of the South Bronx, chasing another person through the streets, according to cops.
Douse, who was arrested in May on attempted murder charges for shooting a 15-year-old, fired at the man running on East 151st Street this morning, police said.
Two rookie cops, assigned to the high-crime area on an Impact team, just months after graduating police academy, identified themselves as police officers and told Douse to drop the gun, according to an NYPD statement..
Douse refused and one of the officers fired one round, striking the gunman in the jaw, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators recovered a blood-spattered Astra A 100 9mm semi-automatic handgun at the scene, cops said.
No one else was injured, according to police.
The two officers, ages 26 and 27, were taken to Jacobi Hospital for ringing in the ears and trauma, police said.
Douse had a court appearance scheduled for Aug. 23, for opening fire on a 15 year old, and wounding him on Boston Road and Jefferson Place just before 9 p.m., May 16, records show.
He was initially charged with attempted murder for hitting the boy in the left shoulder but that charge was dropped and only a weapons possession charge remained, according to court documents.
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