NYPD Detective Injured by Friendly Fire During Carjacking Investigation

Carjacking Spree and Investigation

• 🎯 A suspect, identified as 28-year-old Kevin Dezen, is in custody after allegedly engaging in a carjacking spree.
• 🚗 The spree involved attempts to steal four different vehicles, beginning at a mobile station.
• ⚠️ Dezen is accused of tackling and injuring an Uber driver and threatening him with a firearm.
• 👶 The suspect also approached a running vehicle with a child inside, believed to be an attempted carjacking.

Friendly Fire Incident

• ⚡ An NYPD detective was shot in the hand and leg by friendly fire during the apprehension of the suspect.
• 🚓 The shooting occurred as narcotics detectives were in front of the perpetrator's car and patrol officers were in the rear, indicating a crossfire situation.
• 🛠️ A shooting team has been assigned to determine the circumstances of the friendly fire incident.

Suspect's Criminal History

• ⚖️ Kevin Dezen is a four-time convicted felon with a history of assaults on police officers.
• 📜 His record includes 10 unsealed arrests for offenses such as knife-point robberies.
• 🚨 Dezen was recently released from prison in March on parole for a robbery conviction and had been arrested the previous day for jumping a subway turnstyle.
• 🚫 Officers did not recover a firearm at the scene, despite witness reports of seeing one.

Victim's Account

• 😨 The Uber driver described the encounter as terrifying, stating the suspect put a metal object to his head and he feared for his life.