NYC cops arrest suspect who killed 2 and wounded 96-year-old man in Brooklyn and Manhattan capturing spree: NYPD supply

An “armed and intensely harmful” ex-con wished for killing two and wounding an harmless 96-year-old man throughout a two-borough rampage was arrested in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, a police supply mentioned.

The bust got here simply hours after high NYPD officers held an early morning press convention to announce a manhunt was on for Sundance Oliver, 28, who allegedly wounded a 96-year-old Brooklyn man with a stray bullet throughout a separate theft try, then fatally shot an acquaintance in Manhattan earlier than returning to Brooklyn and killing a 17-year-old lady, police mentioned.

The capturing spree began Monday morning when Oliver allegedly tried to shoot a girl throughout a theft try in Bedford-Stuyvesant, however his shot as a substitute hit a 96-year-old man in a motorized wheelchair some 200 ft away at Bergen and Rochester avenues, police mentioned.

Oliver ran towards the close by Kingsborough Homes, police mentioned, and the aged sufferer was rushed to Kings County Hospital, the place he was listed in secure situation.

Oliver’s subsequent two victims had been focused, police mentioned, starting with Kevon Langston, 21, who was shot at about 2:40 p.m. in a Smith Homes condo in decrease Manhattan, close to One Police Plaza, Police Commissioner Sewell mentioned at a 4 a.m. press convention.

By then, police had already recognized Oliver and had been monitoring him — however he once more ran off, abandoning a a white Mercedes Benz, police mentioned.

Langston, in the meantime, was rushed by medics to Bellevue Hospital, the place he died at 3:36 p.m., Sewell mentioned.

Oliver then headed again to the Kingsborough Homes in some unspecified time in the future and allegedly struck once more, at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday. Police mentioned he shot a 17-year-old lady inside a seventh-floor condo on Kingsborough 7 Stroll.

The teenager, who didn’t dwell there, died at Brookdale Hospital lower than an hour later.

Each homicide victims knew Oliver, Chief of Detectives James Essig mentioned. Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell wouldn’t say if it was clear why Oliver killed them, although she famous detectives have tied him to all three shootings “based mostly on proof collected in any respect three crime scenes and a lot of investigative steps.”

The press convention was held at Ralph and Atlantic Aves., the place police gave the impression to be concentrating their seek for Oliver. Particulars about his seize weren’t instantly obtainable.

Oliver’s image had been posted all through the town, with cabbies, fuel stations and eating places alerted as properly.

“He’s thought of armed and intensely harmful,” Sewell mentioned earlier than Oliver was arrested. “Let me be clear: do you have to encounter him, don’t method him.

“Name the police instantly.”

Essig mentioned Oliver has 12 prior arrests, together with at the least two for theft and two for menacing.

He was paroled in July 2020 after serving 5 years for a Brooklyn theft conviction, data present.

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Two months later, on Sept. 7, he was busted in Brooklyn for possession of a loaded gun, sources mentioned.

He was additionally busted for gun possession 4 months in the past, in August, although it seems that case is sealed, sources mentioned.

Oliver has survived three shootings — earlier this 12 months, in 2012 and in 2013 — and has ties to the Crazy Gang in decrease Manhattan and to the Pink gang in East New York.

His final recognized handle seems to be in a Smith Homes condo on South St., police mentioned.

Langston had his personal run-ins with the legislation, with two arrests for theft, plus one for hate crime assault and one for grand larceny, police mentioned.

His household was shell-shocked at his homicide.

“That was my brother,” mentioned a person who wouldn’t determine himself. “He by no means had no issues with anyone. We are able to’t imagine this.”