A Yonkers cop opened fire on a carjacking suspect barreling toward him in a stolen black BMW after a harried police chase and crash on a Bronx highway Wednesday, officials said.
No one was shot during the 10:15 a.m. incident, Yonkers police said. Cops from multiple jurisdictions, including the NYPD, were searching for the carjacker, who sped off after the shooting.
No NYPD officers were involved in the initial incident, officials said.
Things began in Yonkers when cops began “actively pursuing a suspect vehicle from a carjacking,” a Yonkers Police Department spokesperson said.
Yonkers cops followed the fleeing car thief into the Bronx, where the suspect began traveling up an exit ramp to the Mosholu Parkway in Van Cortlandt Park.
The carjacker collided head-on with a marked Yonkers police vehicle exiting down the ramp in pursuit of him.
When both vehicles came to a stop, an officer jumped out of the patrol car and tried to grab the carjacker — but he gunned the engine and sped toward the cop.
The officer drew his weapon and blasted off several shots at the Bimmer as the car thief drove off, fleeing the scene.
The carjacker never struck the cop, who was treated for minor injuries he sustained in the initial collision, the YPD spokesman said.
No arrests have been made.
“Officers from several jurisdictions are still attempting to locate the suspect,” the spokesman said.