NYPD Officer Hit By Vehicle As Suspect Flees Traffic Stop

By Sarah Roebuck
Police1

NEW YORK — Dash cam and body camera video shows the moment a New York Police Department officer was struck by a suspect’s vehicle.

On May 24, Officers Anthony Pace and Abid Azam conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle due to a faulty brake light, according to an NYPD incident analysis released July 19.

Pace made contact with the driver. After a brief conversation, Pace asked the man to exit the vehicle.

Pace then opened the suspect’s driver’s side door and continued to demand that he exit the vehicle. The suspect then sped through an intersection, striking Azam, who was walking in front of the suspect’s vehicle, body camera video shows.

As the suspect fled the traffic stop, Pace, who was assigned to a strategic response team, fired shots from his service weapon.

The suspect was arrested on May 28 on charges of attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault (police officer), first-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and other related charges, the NYPD said.

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