Crime & Safety

Daylight Bed-Stuy Shoot-Out Caught On Video: Cops

Three suspects are wanted from the shoot-out on Gates Avenue earlier this week, which caused no injuries but damaged nearby cars, cops said.

Three suspects are wanted from the shoot-out on Gates Avenue earlier this week, which caused no injuries but damaged nearby cars, cops said.
Three suspects are wanted from the shoot-out on Gates Avenue earlier this week, which caused no injuries but damaged nearby cars, cops said. (NYPD.)

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Cops are searching for one of the groups behind a shoot-out that was caught on video on Gates Avenue earlier this week.

The three men can be seen walking down Gates Avenue between Throop and Tompkins avenues around 5 p.m. Monday when, appearing to notice someone behind them, they begin running down the street, according to police and video.

All three fire guns behind them as they run away. Police said the men were aiming at another group of people.

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The gunfire did not cause any injuries, but damaged the windshield of a parked car on the street, police said.

Police released photos of the three taken from the surveillance video:

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Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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