BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, November 15, 2026 — NYPD officers fatally shot a man Saturday night after pursuing a white cargo van along Brooklyn’s Belt Parkway. The confrontation involved collisions with several vehicles and forced the closure of both directions of the highway near Coney Island Avenue.
The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. on November 14, near Exit 8. Law enforcement sources cited by the New York Post said the pursuit began after police received information about a possible child kidnapping involving a white van with New Jersey license plates.
Officers located the van and attempted to stop the driver, who accelerated along the eastbound highway.
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Belt Parkway Police Chase Ends in Fatal Shooting
According to the New York Post’s law enforcement sources, police established a roadblock to intercept the van. The driver struck the roadblock and collided with police and civilian vehicles.
Officers broke the van’s windows and deployed a Taser before opening fire, the sources said.
The driver was struck by police gunfire and taken to NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead around 8 p.m.
Police searched the van following the shooting and found no child inside, according to the same law enforcement sources.
The initial alert involved a possible kidnapping, but the reported search did not establish that an abduction had occurred.
Belt Parkway Closed Near Coney Island Avenue
The confrontation brought traffic to a standstill along a major southern Brooklyn highway as police officers, emergency crews and investigators responded.
According to CBS New York, the FDNY received an emergency call shortly before 7:30 p.m. and transported one person to a hospital.
New York City’s Emergency Management Department announced closures in both directions of the Belt Parkway approaching Coney Island Avenue.
The highway disruption affected traffic through the Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay corridor while investigators examined the shooting scene and damaged vehicles.
The fatal confrontation follows other police-related incidents in Brooklyn, including an earlier accidental NYPD firearm discharge at a Brooklyn subway station.
The NYPD investigation will examine the vehicle pursuit, collisions and officers’ use of deadly force. The driver’s identity and the circumstances behind the original possible kidnapping alert were not established in the initial reports.
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