Cabbie Murder Suspect Shoots At NRPD Officers In Brooklyn: Report

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Gunfire in Brooklyn today involved New Rochelle police officers and a suspect in the fatal shooting of a New Rochelle taxi driver, according to multiple reports.

NRPD was reportedly attempting to arrest the suspect late Sunday morning at Myrtle Ave and Fleet Walk in downtown Brooklyn, near a NYC Housing Authority building complex, when gunfire broke out between the cabbie murder suspect and NRPD officers, according to NYPD.

New Rochelle police had been watching the location after seeing the suspect’s car. An NYPD spokesperson said the suspect exited his vehicle, pulled out a gun and started shooting at the New Rochelle officers, who were on both sides of him.

"All of a sudden you hear 'hey, hey,' and guys running from them, officers running up and all of a sudden cops pull up 'bam, bam, bam,' guys hiding behind a tree," neighbor Germain Diaz told ABC7. "We all jump to the ground, lady fall in front of me, guy fell came back up, old man tripped, started flying."

No injuries were reported and NRPD took the suspect into custody. A gun was recovered at the scene.

"I can confirm that New Rochelle police did locate through investigation the suspect wanted in the October 14 homicide of a cab driver," New Rochelle Police Captain Coyne told NBC4.

NYPD was not involved in the incident.

The arrest is said to be connected to the fatal shooting of 62-year-old taxi driver Andres Valenzuela who was pronounced dead shortly after officers on patrol found him wounded in a New Rochelle parking lot on Main Street in the city just before 3 a.m Thursday.

Valenzuela was finishing his shift and was parking his cab when he was shot, police said in a statement released on Thursday.