NEW YORK – A 37-year-old man has been killed after a bicyclist abruptly opened fire on the vehicle he was riding in when it stopped at a red light, police said.
Shannan Jackson, of Brooklyn, was in the front passenger seat of a Jeep Grand Cherokee as a woman drove it north on Classon Avenue in Crown Heights shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD.
The Jeep was stopped at a traffic light when police say someone on a bicycle approached the vehicle, reached through the open passenger-side window and shot Jackson. The woman driving and Jackson got out of the Jeep and started running. Cops say the gunman chased after Jackson and kept shooting at him.
Jackson was ultimately shot multiple times and died at a hospital. The woman he was driving was not physically injured, the NYPD said, but was taken in for a medical evaluation anyway.
The Jeep, which had continued to roll after she and Jackson got out of it, ended up hitting a steel pole next to a fire hydrant, but no other injuries were reported.
The gunman was last seen driving down Pacific Street on a Citi Bike.
A 20-year-old man was later arrested on charges including murder, criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with evidence.
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