Suspected charged in connection with shootings involved in NYPD

The suspect, who allegedly opened fire on a pair of officers in the Bronx on Thanksgiving night, was arrested and charged Saturday, police said.

Charlie Vasquez, 23, of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, faces two charges each for attempted murder, assault, criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon (loaded firearm) and reckless danger and threat, the NYPD said.

Vasquez was remanded in custody Wednesday night on St. Barnabas Hospital – where he was treated after being shot once during the melee in Belmont, police and sources said. Vasquez is expected to survive, the NYPD said.

Vasquez has previously arrested eight and at least one for criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly firing a shotgun at a 32-year-old male acquaintance during an altercation in Greenpoint on Oct. 19, 2017, police said.

In that incident, Vasquez strapped on the shotgun and aimed it directly at his victim before running away, sources said. He was soon arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, a loaded firearm, threatening, with a weapon and illegal possession of marijuana, according to police and sources.

Charlie Vasquez faces several charges, including two counts of attempted murder.

The two NYPD officers were shot in The Bronx Wednesday night while responding to a call from a person with a gun, police said.

The suspect opened fire on East 187th Street and Beaumont Avenue around 8 p.m., police said. He was then shot by one of the wounded officers, police said.

Police were in uniform when they arrived and spotted a person matching a description of the suspect sitting on an elevation.

One of the officers, Robert Holmes, 31, an eight-year veteran, asked the man to take his hands from his pockets. The gunman then allegedly pulled out a Ruger pistol and opened fire, according to police.

The other officer – Alejandra Jacobs, a female reservist from the Air Force with a year on the job – was shot and returned fire five times, hitting the suspect, police said. She was shot twice in the upper right arm.

Holmes fought with the suspect and fought him to the ground. The officer was shot in the armpit during the fight.

Both officers were originally brought to St. Louis. Barnabas Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.

NYPD officer Alejandra Jacobs left St. Barnabas Hospital to a round of applause from its officers after she was shot twice in the arm during a gun arrest in the Bronx.

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Officer Robert Holmes was discharged from the hospital after he was shot in the arm on November 24, 2021

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Jacobs was discharged from the hospital on Thanksgiving. On Friday afternoon, Holmes was driven out of St. Barnabas Hospital to applause and greetings from other officers.

“Within seconds, they’re in a gunfight,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told a news conference late Wednesday night.

“We have two incredibly brave police officers doing their job. “And do not complain a little bit right now while they are recovering in the hospital, eager to get back to work and love what they are doing to serve the people of New York City.”

Shea called the suspect a “career criminal” and said the firearm he allegedly used was reported stolen last year in Georgia.

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