NYPD Officer in Critical Condition After Being Dragged by Car in Brooklyn

What to Know

Officer Dalsh Veve was dragged by a car Saturday night and is in critical condition
He and other officers were responding to a call of shots fired, which turned out to be fireworks going off
Veve was dragged for two-and-a-half blocks; he appears to have managed to shoot the suspect as well

An NYPD officer was fighting for his life after a car took off and dragged him more than two blocks, officials said Sunday.

NYPD Officer Dalsh Veve who was dragged by a car in Brooklyn for several blocks is fighting for his life. Ken Buffa reports.

A 15-year-old suspect was shot in the face and hospitalized in serious condition, police said. He has six prior arrests, three for robbery and three for larceny, police said.

Mayor de Blasio takes a break at the Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday to talk about a police officer who is in critical condition after he was dragged by a car.

Two other suspects, an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old woman were also in custody, police said. Police later charged them with one count of hindering prosecution.

Police had an 18-year-old man in custody, but he was released and not charged, officials said.

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Six plainclothes officers responded to a party in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn on Saturday night after multiple 911 calls for shots fired. They ultimately determined it was fireworks going off instead.

A police officer was dragged more than two blocks by a car in East Flatbush. Rana Novini reports.

Officer Dalsh Veve, 35, was talking to the occupants of a Honda parked in front of a fire hydrant across the street when the car took off, dragging him for more than two blocks. Veve managed to fire off two shots, striking one of the passengers.

At some point, he fell free on East 53rd Street and the car -- which had been stolen sometime previously from Valley Stream in Long Island -- crashed and was abandoned.

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Veve was taken to King's County Hospital, where he was in critical condition. He underwent surgery Sunday morning but Mayor de Blasio said they were still waiting for a fuller picture of his condition.

"Right now he's fighting to survive," de Blasio said.

The mayor said he was at the officer's bedside Saturday night along with the Veve's wife.

"Her strength was clear and her pain was clear as well," de Blasio said.

De Blasio tweeted that Veve "represents the American dream – an immigrant child who came here and has become an exemplary NYPD officer."

Officer Veve represents the American dream – an immigrant child who came here and has become an exemplary NYPD officer.
— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 4, 2017

A 15-year-old now believed to be the suspect showed up to Brookdale Hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. The police said he is in serious condition. Police confirmed he was the driver of the vehicle.

Veve is a nine-year veteran of the NYPD, married with a 2-year-old daughter.

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