WATCH: Horrific Video Shows The Moment “Teen” Shoots NYPD Detective In The Back In Mamdani’s New York City

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This is the video that turns a crime story into something much harder to dismiss.

An 18-year-old suspect was captured on surveillance footage with a gun in his hand moments before NYPD Detective Robert L. Karroll was shot in the back in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, early Sunday morning.

Karroll survived because he was wearing a ballistic vest.

But that fact should not soften the story. It should sharpen it.

The vest stopped the bullet. The city still has to answer for the conditions that put him in that position in the first place.

The New York Post reported that the surveillance video shows the 18-year-old suspect pacing on Nostrand Avenue around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, just a short distance from an unmarked NYPD vehicle.

The Post said the suspect can be seen flashing a 9mm handgun, pulling back the slide, and then running toward the police vehicle before the gunfire that left Karroll hit in the back.

That matters because this was not some vague report of shots fired blocks away from the officers. The footage shows a weapon out in the open in the minutes before the attack.

The outlet reported that Karroll, a veteran detective with the NYPD Sex Offender Monitoring Unit, was expected to make a full recovery after the round struck his vest.

His partner also suffered minor injuries, according to the Post, and the suspect was taken into custody after the chaotic encounter.

A second New York Post report added more of the police-side timeline, including that officers were in a black unmarked Kia SUV near Nostrand Avenue and St. Johns Place when the armed suspect approached.

The Post reported that the vehicle was hit by gunfire, with bullet damage to the windshields and passenger side, and that three officers returned fire without striking the suspect.

The suspect then fled on foot and was caught several blocks away near Rogers Avenue and Union Street, where officers used a Taser after he resisted arrest, according to the report.

The paper also reported that a SAR 9mm handgun was recovered and that Karroll was fewer than two weeks from retirement.

That last detail makes the near-miss even more infuriating: a veteran detective almost did not make it home because an armed teenager allegedly walked up on police in the middle of the night and opened fire.

The NYPD later posted the firearm it said was recovered.

CBS News New York reported that NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the suspect approached four officers sitting in an unmarked police vehicle around 4:14 a.m. on the west side of Nostrand Avenue and St. Johns Place.

According to CBS, Tisch said the same individual had been captured on CCTV about five minutes earlier and one block north with a firearm in his hand.

CBS also reported that police found ballistic damage to the front and rear windshields of the NYPD vehicle, along with damage on the passenger side.

The outlet said Karroll suffered a back contusion after being shot while wearing the vest, while a second officer suffered contusions to the face and shoulder.

CBS added that the officers had been deployed as part of the department’s July Fourth violence-reduction plan after working a long shift connected to the Sail4th 250 event in Lower Manhattan.

ABC7 New York reported that Karroll was transported to Kings County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was expected to be OK after the early-morning shooting near Nostrand Avenue and St. Johns Place.

The station also reported that body cameras were not on during the shooting because the encounter unfolded quickly and unexpectedly, according to Tisch, a detail that makes outside surveillance footage more important to the public record.

ABC7 said the cameras were activated after three officers discharged their weapons, and that police had not publicly identified the 18-year-old suspect at the time of the report.

The station also noted that Karroll had a back contusion where the round hit his vest, while a second officer suffered injuries to the face and shoulder.

It also underscores why the Post’s video is so important: the public can see the gun in the suspect’s hand before the official paperwork catches up.

FOX 5 New York carried the same core police briefing details, reporting that the suspect was taken into custody after a foot pursuit, resisted arrest, and was subdued with a Taser several blocks from where the shooting began.

FOX 5 reported that the suspect was not struck when officers fired, and that both injured officers were expected to be OK after the confrontation.

The station also noted Tisch’s explanation that the body cameras were turned on after the officers discharged their weapons, while the initial approach and gunfire happened too quickly for body-worn video to capture the start.

FOX 5’s timeline lines up with the other local reports: an armed 18-year-old approached the officers’ vehicle, shots were fired, a gun was recovered, and the suspect was taken into custody.

The investigation is still developing, but the basic picture is already grim: a loaded gun, an unmarked police vehicle, a veteran detective shot in the back, and another New York officer spared from a funeral because his vest held.

Gov. Kathy Hochul responded by saying she was relieved the detective was expected to recover.

The relief is real.

So is the outrage.

A detective was shot in the back on a holiday weekend in Mamdani’s New York City, and the only reason the city avoided a police funeral is because one piece of equipment did its job.

A bulletproof vest made the difference between a recovery update and a death notification.

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