By Andrew Califf and John Annese. New York Daily News, Nov 06, 2022 at 5:08 pm
A man escaped a wild caught-on-camera attack after he was run off the road by Queens drivers, struck by a pickup truck as he tried to flee on foot and then was shot at, police said Sunday.
The 25-year-old victim was driving an Audi Q5 through College Point when two drivers converged on him about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, cops said.
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The driver of a dark-colored SUV drove straight at him on College Point Blvd. near 22nd Ave. but the victim swerved out of the way. But then the driver of a white Ford F-150 pickup truck struck him from the other direction, pinning the victim’s Audi against the SUV, cops said.
A man got out of the SUV and pointed a gun at the victim, who managed to free his car and drive north on College Point Blvd.
Surveillance video obtained by the Daily News shows a BMW SUV driver racing neck in neck with the victim up College Point Blvd. until the BMW crashed into parked vehicles near 22nd Ave.
The pickup driver was also in hot pursuit, but swerved to avoid the crashed BMW.
The victim bailed out of his car after the pickup driver rear-ended him on the next block, causing him to crash into an unoccupied parked vehicle, cops said. The victim then fled on foot but the pickup driver drove after him.
Startling surveillance video released by the NYPD shows the pickup driver veering onto the sidewalk, deliberately crashing into the victim on College Point Blvd. and 20th Ave.
The impact sent the victim tumbling to the concrete but he jumped back on his feet and dashed away behind the pickup truck, narrowly missing being struck again as the driver reversed, the video shows.
An Acura SUV driver then caught up to the action and two men jumped out of that vehicle, one with his gun drawn, witnesses said.
The gunman opened fire but missed his target, cops said. As the shooter fired, a woman leaned out of the Acura yelling, “Kill that motherf—–!” in Spanish, a witness said.
Meanwhile, the Acura’s driver accidentally rear-ended the pickup truck, witnesses said.
“I hear a crash and two shots fired,” said a customer at a smoke shop on that block who heard the chaos unfold. “After that I can’t recall what happened because I ducked down and I didn’t have any view till afterwards.”
The victim, after dodging the shot, darted into a bodega at the corner of College Point Blvd. and 18th Ave., where he got a worker to call 911, cops said.
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The victim suffered only a minor knee injury from being struck by the pickup and declined medical attention.
The gunman jumped back in the Acura, which zoomed off along with the pickup truck. No arrests have been made.
The NYPD released additional surveillance footage showing the shooter walking down the sidewalk with his weapon drawn. Cops are asking the public’s help identifying the attackers and vehicles involved.
The shooter is described as having a light complexion, medium build and black hair. He was wearing a black jacket with a wide white lapel, a black shirt with white lettering on the front, black pants and black sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
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