Teen faces years behind bars for running over a police officer
The choices a Brooklyn teenager made on June 3, 2017 will haunt both him and an NYPD officer for the rest of their lives.
That night, Anti-Crimes Unit Officer Dalsh Veve went to work. 15-year-old Justin Murrell was joyriding with his cousin, his 19-year-old girlfriend and another passenger in a stolen Honda Civic from Hewlett, Long Island.
Veve and other plainclothes officers reported to Tilden Avenue and E. 54th Street where a 911 call for shots fired was made around 11:30 p.m. The loud noises turned out to be fireworks, said Kwama Downes, who lives on that block, during her testimony.