Why Was There A Helicopter Hovering Over Our Neighborhood This Morning?

An NYPD helicopter hovered in our neighborhood late last night and early this morning, leaving many of our neighbors wondering why search lights were beaming into their bedrooms.

When we reached out to the NYPD this morning about the incident, DCPI told us “nothing of note” occurred in the 70th Precinct last night or this morning. Seems like we differ on what constitutes something “of note,” and neighbor Christopher told us he saw a suspect run past him as he was walking to the corner of Newkirk and Westminster around 12:06am. Not long after,  an undercover cop and a fully outfitted officer rounded the corner to pursue the suspect, who the neighbor said looked like a teenager in white shorts and a white tank top.

The witness said when he looked down the street, past Ox Cart, he “could see another suspect in cuffs and a few cop cars with lights on.”

So far, it seems like much of the police activity seemed to be centered around Newkirk and Westminster, but let us know where you heard or spotted the chopper.

Many of our neighbors took to twitter as the helicopter lingered in our area:

Neighbor @titivil (Brent Cox) went out to check it out:

And neighbor Michael filmed some of last night’s activity on his phone, which he was kind enough to share with us:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg2_yRHmme4&feature=youtu.be

We’ve also reached out to the 70th Precinct for more information and will update this as soon as we hear from them. And, as always, email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com if you have any more info!