Man arrested after pulling gun on brother on NYC’s Lower East Side
A man pulled a gun on his own brother on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Thursday night, drawing a police response, cops said.
Officers pulled up to E. 4th St. near Avenue C in Alphabet City around 7:50 p.m., where they spotted and arrested the armed man.
Cops opened fire, but no one was struck.
The suspect fired off no shots, according to witnesses, but recalled him waving a gun around on the street. Police are still investigating whether he used his revolver.
“I was in my apartment and there were four shots, one after another,” a woman who lives on the block told the Daily News. “Everyone started running and the cops were everywhere. It was crazy, it’s not safe.”
The cops were taken to an area hospital to be treated for tinnitus and the shooter was arrested.
Police investigating the scene recovered the gun the suspect was carrying, police sources said.
Charges against the suspect were pending late Thursday night. He was a reputed member of the “Down the Hill Gang,” sources said. The 20-year-old man has an extensive arrest record including robbery and gun charges, they added.
