Brooklyn
Cops arrested a gunman after a dramatic standoff in Crown Heights early Saturday, police said.
Two plainclothes officers responding to a call of shots fired at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway at 3:30 a.m. were met by Obatakuma Staton, 26, who had a .22-caliber gun in his hand, cops said.
Staton fired off one round and ran.
The cops tracked him down at the New Utica Produce bodega nearby, according to police.
Inside the bodega, Staton was told to drop the gun. He refused, prompting one of the officers to fire a shot, which missed Staton, cops said.
The cops eventually got the cuffs on Staton, who was charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest.
The officers were treated for tinnitus and released. Staton has prior arrests for assault.
Cops are searching for the two gun-toting thieves pictured above who followed a woman into a ÂConey Island elevator and fled with her purse.
The thugs followed the 55-year-old victim into the lift in a building on Mermaid Avenue near West 29th Street at about 5 p.m. on March 14, cops said.
Once she made it to the eighth floor, one of the robbers whipped out a pistol and snatched her purse, cops said.
The gunman is believed to be in his 20s and was wearing a black ’do rag and a black, waist-length Moncler brand jacket.
His accomplice is in his 30s and was wearing a red Yankee baseball cap, a red, plaid scarf around his face, and had braided hair and pierced ears.
Staten Island
The men pictured snatched $360 out of the hand of an elderly woman in Mariners Harbor, cops said.
The 71-year-old victim was standing at Lockman Avenue and Richmond Terrace when the two robbers approached at around 5:15 p.m. on March 21, according to police.
The woman was not injured.
Queens
Two pals were robbed at gunpoint in Richmond Hill, cops said.
The two were at 115th Street and 95th Avenue when a light blue Toyota Corolla with two men inside drove up at 1:30 a.m. Friday, cops said.
The passenger pulled a pistol and demanded that the victims fork over their belongings, police said.
The pair handed over their cellphones, a pair of iPhone headphones, a wallet and a gold ring, cops said.
The car then fled east on 95th Avenue and onto ÂLefferts Boulevard.
The thieves were both described as about 6-foot-2 and 220 to 230 pounds.