New York City police say the manhunt for a man who heinously gunned down a father and stepson in a Brooklyn apartment building over a noise complaint ended with police killing the suspect.
New York City officers searched for murder suspect 47-year-old Jason Pass for three days before finding him on Wednesday, Nov. 1, hiding out inside a car in Bath Beach, a neighborhood in Brooklyn that’s just southwest of East Flatbush, where Pass was caught on video fatally shooting 47-year-old Bladimy Mathurin and his 27-year-old stepson Chin Wai Mode.
According to police, officers found the black Honda CR-V Pass was hiding inside Wednesday morning. They used a license plate reader to locate the vehicle and Pass. After officers at the scene called in police negotiators, they tried talking with Pass.
“Captured the plate on a black car, indicating that the car and the occupant of the car were wanted for a double, horrific homicide,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said. “As (officers) exited their police car, they walked up to the car. The male jumped out of the car with a knife in his hand and took off running.”
Officers chased Pass down to Bay 44th Street and Harway Avenue, where they reportedly tried to talk with him.
“For approximately 15 minutes, they had a dialogue, doing everything they could to have the male drop the knife,” Chell said. “He didn’t give us a choice; he decided to charge at officers, forcing them to protect themselves.”
NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey corroborated Chell’s account and said that Pass lunged at one of the officers as he exited his car, so officers were forced to shoot Pass four times — three times in the chest and one time in the leg.
“They established dialogue, spoke for a few minutes, and that man lunged at one of the officers, causing the officers to fire for their own safety,” Maddrey said. “A number of officers discharged their weapon.”
Pass was still breathing…
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