Police say they have arrested a man
after he stole a car in Wheatley Heights at gunpoint and then rammed the car
into the side of a marked police vehicle.
According to police, Kwaisi McCorvey
approached a 2016 Hyundai Tuscan that had just pulled into a driveway on Main
Avenue at approximately 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
McCorvey then pointed a handgun at
the driver and told her to get out of the vehicle, police say. McCorvey
then got in the Hyundai and drove away.
Patrol officers in marked cars
located the vehicle 10 minutes later at the intersection of Straight Path and
Burr’s Lane in Wyandanch.
Police say officers activated lights
and siren and followed the car to North 23rd Street, near Merritt Avenue, where
McCorvey rammed the vehicle into the passenger side of the patrol car.
McCorvey continued for approximately
three more blocks before exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot onto nearby
LIRR tracks.
Officers pursued McCorvey on foot,
and he was apprehended a short time later.
McCorvey, 21, who is undomiciled,
was charged with robbery, criminal use of a firearm, and grand larceny among
other charges.