A 15-year-old suspect allegedly dragged police officer Dalsh Veve behind a stolen car for two blocks in East Flatbush late Saturday night, before the officer fell off and onto the street and was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he remains in critical condition, police said.
Six plainclothes officers from the 67th precinct — including Veve, 9-year police veteran who is married and has a 2-year-old daughter — responded to three 911 calls reporting of shots fired at a party near Tilden Avenue and E. 53rd Street on June 3 a little before midnight, officials said.
The officers determined the suspected gun shots were actually just fireworks, and as three of them continued to talk to people at the party, Veve went across the street to speak to several young men in a black Honda sedan that was blocking a fire hydrant, police said.
The 15-year-old suspected driver of the sedan hit the gas and sped off on Tilden Avenue towards Utica Avenue and continued along for two-and-a-half blocks with Veve being dragged along the pavement until he fell off and his fellow officers transported him to the hospital, police said.
The driver crashed near E. 53rd Street between Snyder and Church Avenues, and the occupants abandoned the car, according to authorities.
Veve was able to fire two shots as he was getting dragged along, allegedly hitting the 15-year-old suspect, who later walked into Brookdale Hospital with a gunshot wound in serious condition, police said.
The car had recently been stolen on Long Island, police said.
Police are interviewing several suspects and the investigation is ongoing, according to authorities.
Mayor DeBlasio visited Veve in the hospital with his wife, and is asking everyone to keep the family in their prayers.
“We have the finest police force in the world, ready to address any situation, and Officer Veve is an example of the caliber of those men and women, and their commitment to us,” the mayor said. “And, right now, he is fighting to survive. Our hearts, our prayers have to be with Officer Veve, and his family, including his young child. Keep them close in your hearts.”
