A 15-year-old armed migrant who was wished for capturing a vacationer and firing at police in Times Square on Thursday has been charged with two counts of tried homicide and a slew of different crimes.
Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figureoa, 15, broke down in tears as he was apprehended and taken into police custody on Friday following a brief manhunt for the mayhem that erupted in New York Metropolis’s busy vacationer hotspot.
Rivas-Figueroa, who police had stated was “armed and dangerous” as they pursued him, has additionally been charged with assault, tried assault and two counts of legal possession of a weapon.
Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figureoa, pictured, has been charged with two counts of tried homicide and different crimes. (Fox Information supply)
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Police say the teenager fired a .45 caliber handgun at a safety guard contained in the JD Sportswear retailer on West forty second Road and Broadway at round 7:05 p.m. after the guard had caught Rivas-Figureoa and two different teenagers shoplifting sneakers and garments.
The shot missed the safety guard however struck a feminine Brazilian vacationer within the leg as Rivas-Figueroa and one of many different shoplifters bolted from the scene.
Rivas-Figueroa fired no less than twice at a responding police officer, whereas a second cop apprehended the opposite fleeing shoplifter, the NYPD stated.
The NYPD rapidly launched a seek for Rivas-Figueroa for the tried homicide of a police officer.
Rivas-Figueroa was picked up by the U.S. Marshals Service in Yonkers, New York, simply north of the Bronx, with out incident on Friday at round 3:30 p.m., based on NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, who stated the perp has a household connection to the suburb. He was carrying black denims and a black t-shirt, in addition to a gold chain as he was hauled off by authorities, footage exhibits. Rivas-Figueroa was carrying all white when police say he opened hearth in Instances Sq..
“The shooting incident last night in Times Square was way beyond reckless,” Caban stated at a Friday night information convention to announce the arrest. “In the middle of the busiest, mostly highly-trafficked part of the city, a criminal with a firearm decides to pull the trigger.”
“If you think you attack a member of this department, if you think you could threaten the lives of the very people who keep us safe. If you think you could put others at deadly risk and get away with it, then think again,” Caban stated. “We will never stop pursuing you. We will find you, and we will arrest you.”
Police automobiles in Yonkers, N.Y., close to the place Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figureoa, 15, was arrested on Friday. (Peter Gerber)
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At an earlier information convention on Friday, authorities stated the teenager was residing in a brief shelter after migrating from Venezuela. He entered the U.S. in September and was staying on the Stratford Arms Resort on West seventieth Road, which homes migrants, stated NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.
It’s unclear if Rivas-Figueroa is within the nation, legally or illegally.
It isn’t identified whether or not his case will undergo household courtroom or legal courtroom resulting from his age. A baby who’s 13, 14 or 15 years previous and is charged with committing a critical or violent felony is taken into account a juvenile offender beneath New York legislation.
Along with Thursday’s capturing, Rivas-Figureoa is suspected in an armed theft within the Bronx and a shots-fired incident in Midtown Manhattan, Chell stated.
The girl shot Thursday was grazed by a bullet, a Brazilian official with information of the state of affairs instructed Fox Information Digital. She was handled at an area hospital and launched, police stated.
She is predicted to return to Brazil on Saturday, the official stated.
“The Police Department was very, very resourceful and kind to the lady and really offered a lot of support,” the official stated. “The mayor’s office has not reached out, but I don’t think there’s any need because she was not seriously injured as the Police Department was very supportive. She’s completely well and this is not a big issue.”
The officer was not harmed.
Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figureoa, pictured, in police launched photographs from Thursday the place he’s accused of capturing at police and putting a lady. (NYPD)
Throughout his briefing, Chell praised the actions of the police officer who was fired upon for not returning hearth within the densely populated space.
“Our cop showed great restraint not to fire their weapon into a crowd of New Yorkers,” he stated. “His training dictates you have to be prudent when you’re going to fire your weapon.”
“We’re the most restrained police department in the world, and we proved it last night,” Chell added.
The capturing got here almost two weeks after a bunch of migrants attacked a pair of NYPD officers, additionally in Instances Sq.. A number of suspects in that case have been indicted, however just one is being held in custody.
Chell famous that some Venezuelans have posed a public security danger as the town continues to wrestle with an inflow of migrants.
“We saw the moped robberies and snatches. We see pockets being picked in Times Square and on the subway. We see some groups going into stores… and stealing property,” he stated.
“The state of this police department is we don’t care who you are, what your status is,” Chell stated, referring to the suspected shoplifting teenagers being migrants. We’re not going to go and broad brush an entire migrant group as being unhealthy folks… our concern, the group’s concern is to take this armed and harmful juvenile off the streets,” Chell said.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano and CB Cotton contributed to this report.
