Nail-biting moment reckless teen driver struck NYPD officer before getting caught in chase

Shocking body cam footage captures the moment a reckless teen driver struck a police officer in New York City with a stolen vehicle before leading officers on a foot chase.
The suspect, identified as 19-year-old Keya Richardson, was driving a stolen white sedan when NYPD officers pulled him over.
The incident unfolded at around 5:00pm on Sunday at 34th Avenue and 99th Street in North Corona, Queens.
Body cam footage released by the NYPD shows one of the officers pulling the driver over at a congested street and yelling, “Don’t move! Don’t move! Police!” before drawing his firearm.
The video show the driver reversing the white sedan onto the sidewalk, almost running over a group of pedestrians, including a little girl and her mother, before ramming into the steel roller shutters of a building.
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“Get out of the car! Don’t move!,” the officer was heard shouting as he tried to get him out of the vehicle.
But instead, the driver stepped on the gas and accelerated his car forward, hitting another officer who quickly got pinned between the sedan and a parked car.
The suspect then took off and drove for several blocks, but not without striking multiple cars in his path.
But Richardson ditched the vehicle and lead the officers on a wild foot chase – first through the streets and then the rooftop of several buildings, where he was ultimately captured.
“They chased him on foot, up to the number 7 train line, from the platform to the street, to a building, up a ladder, onto the roof of a building, and jumped to a second roof,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry said in a statement.

“He ran out of road to run and was trapped,” Daughtry added.
Footage shows Richardson lying on the ground of a rooftop, as officers ran up to him.
“Do not move!” one of the officers was heard yelling as he held a firearm while approaching the man.
Richardson was heard responding back, “I didn’t do anything,” before he was placed in handcuffs.
Richardson was charged with attempted aggravated murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, vehicular assault, and fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle and grand larceny auto.
He does not have a criminal record, according to the NYPD.
The officer who was struck by Richardson was taken to a a local hospital for treatment of his non-life-threatening injuries.
“Utilizing our NYPD Aviation Units and with the assistance of ESU, we were finally able to end this suspect’s criminal rampage and apprehend him,” Daughtry said.
“Another stolen car recovered, another violent criminal off your streets, and most importantly, your cops go home to their families,” he added.