Police shooting in Bronx follows multi-borough car chase

A car chase from Manhattan ended with a police-involved shooting in the Bronx, leaving a suspect in critical condition.

• Officers responded to a car break-in on 149 Street and Convent Avenue in Manhattan, then observed a vehicle driving recklessly nearby and began pursuit.
• The chase ended in the Bronx, where police arrested one occupant; a second suspect fled into a marshy area near the Major Deegan Expressway.
• NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said the suspect pointed a weapon at officers, prompting two exchanges of gunfire in which the 39-year-old was shot in the head and leg.