The career criminal whose drawn gun sparked a wild shootout in which two Brooklyn police officers were wounded in Bedford-Stuyvesant early Saturday is a cop-hating, self-radicalized Muslim who is associated with other suspected extremists, police sources told The Post.
Jamal Funes, whose rap sheet stretches 17 years across three states, is associated with people the Joint Terrorism Task Force are looking at, sources said.
Funes fired the bullet that richocheted off a car and hit Officer Andrew Yurkiw in the chest, sources said. The ammo was stopped by his bulletproof vest, sources said.
Yurkiw’s partner, Officer William Reddin, was struck in the hip, possibly by bullet fragments. It’s unclear whether the bullet was fired by Funes or was friendly fire because it is still in his hip, sources said.
Reddin needed surgery and remains in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.
Seven officers fired a total of 54 bullets, one source said.
On “Malcom X Blvd?” Seems kind of appropriate.
Now, please note that gun control really does work…
“Funes, 34, was shot “numerous” times and was in Brookdale Hospital in critical condition, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.”