Bodycam Video Released Of 2019 NYPD Shooting In Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, NY — Body camera footage released by the NYPD this week shows the moment an officer shot toward a driver who had rammed into him with a stolen car in 2019.

The video, uploaded Thursday, shows multiple angles of the chaotic encounter that unfolded when officers tried to arrest two people in a stolen car on Chester Street the night of May 24 in Brownsville.

When cops asked the man in the driver's seat, 28-year-old Quasar Rollaing, to get out of the car, he instead put his foot on the gas and drove onto the sidewalk, ramming into an officer who had been talking with a woman in the passenger seat, according to police and video.

"Whoa whoa whoa! There’s nowhere to go!" officers can be heard yelling as Rollaing takes off.

The officer, Keith Stark, shot his gun three times as the car pinned him against a wooden fence, police said. One of the shots hit Rollaing in the hand.

Rollaing was arrested seconds later as he tried to run from the car, video shows.

He later pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted assault and was sentenced to one and a half to three years in prison, police said.

Stark was admitted to the hospital after the crash with injuries to his legs and back. The NYPD's Use of Force Board ruled in June 2020 that Stark's use of force was justified in the incident, police said.

(Warning: Graphic video)

The video is one of several the NYPD have recently released of officer-involved shootings in Brooklyn.

The department is now required to release body camera footage within 30 days if an officer fires a gun under new rules put in place last year.