Suspect in custody after firing shots outside Criminal Court in Downtown Brooklyn

It happened across the street from City Tech and NYU Tandon.

September 18, 2024 Mary Frost

Police blocked off the intersection at 320 Jay St. next to the Criminal and Family courts in Downtown Brooklyn just after noon on Wednesday, after a man fired a volley of gunshots. Photo: Brooklyn Eagle

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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police had a suspect in custody Wednesday after he fired a volley of shots in Downtown Brooklyn just after noon, outside Kings County Criminal and Family courts at Jay Street and Tech Place.

A police spokesperson told the Brooklyn Eagle that NYPD received a 911 call of shots fired outside 320 Jay St. around 12:18 p.m., in front of the court house and across the street from the NYC College of Technology (to the north) and NYU Tandon (to the east). An Urban Assembly School is one block away.

A suspect is in custody following gunshots Wednesday afternoon. Police blocked the intersection between the Criminal and Family courthouse and CUNY’s City Tech, seen to the right. Photo: Brooklyn Eagle

The CUNY automatic alert system sent out a robocall warning of shots fired to students at roughly 12:45 p.m., asking them to avoid the area.

Courthouse personnel told an Eagle source that 5 to 6 shots had been fired. Police blocked the intersection off with yellow caution tape as the investigation continued on Wednesday.

The name of the suspect, identified by police only as a male, has not yet been released. This story will be updated as details become available.