N.Y.P.D. Officer Accused of Critically Wounding Man in Off-Duty Shooting
The New York Times
Prosecutors said Officer Hieu Tran shot the driver of a truck at a New Jersey intersection in an apparent road rage episode and then drove off.
A New York City police officer has been charged with attempted murder after shooting another motorist during an apparent road-rage episode in New Jersey and then driving off, prosecutors said on Friday.
The officer, Hieu Tran, is also charged with second-degree weapons possession and second-degree aggravated assault. A lawyer listed in court records as representing him, Gregory G. Smith, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The confrontation that led to the charges occurred on May 17 at around 11 p.m., according to a news release from the Camden County prosecutor, Grace C. MacAulay, and a probable cause affidavit.
Police officers from Voorhees Township responding to a multivehicle crash at the intersection of Route 73 and Cooper Road noticed that the driver of a yellow truck involved in the crash had been shot, according to the affidavit.
Surveillance video reviewed by investigators showed the yellow truck stopping at a traffic light at the intersection, a white S.U.V. arriving and the truck moving next to the S.U.V., the affidavit says.
Moments later, the footage showed the truck accelerating through a red light into oncoming traffic and colliding with other vehicles, the affidavit says. The S.U.V. also sped through the red light and drove off, the affidavit says.
