Nassau Cops Take Out Gun-Toting Man with SUV

A stunning video of a Nassau County Police SUV taking down a gun-toting man in the middle of the road in North Bellmore has gone viral. The suspect had fired off a round from a semi-automatic pistol and was waving it at passing vehicles, while also pointing it at his own head, before he was sent flying by the marked patrol car. Officers on foot quickly rush in and restrain him.

Police identified the suspect as Kiber Calderon, 31, of Lexington Avenue in Brooklyn. He appears to be a woman in the video and has used the name Hanna Carillo, according to police. Calderon was booked on multiple charges, including three counts of thirddegree menacing, first-degree reckless endangerment, two counts of menacing a police officer, criminal contempt of court, two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon.

The video shows the suspect walking backward and waving the gun at drivers stopped at the intersection of Jerusalem and Bellmore avenues. The police SUV speeds in with brakes screeching and strikes Calderon in the right leg just as he attempts to jump out of the way. He gets up and is quickly handcuffed by responding officers. The suspect was hospitalized with “minor injuries,” police said, and will be arraigned on the charges when “medically practical.” “

I am never going to Mondaymorning quarterback my cops,” said Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder when asked by reporters if the police acted appropriately. “She was waving the gun around at innocent people, putting them in fear for their lives in their vehicles. My officers then made a decision to strike the individual with their vehicle, knocking her to the ground,” he said before Calderon’s identity was known.

Ryder says the officer told him he did not fire his weapon because if he missed, there were people standing behind the suspect. “The officer made a sound decision, a very good decision, and because of it, they saved the lives of himself, others and the person with that gun,” Ryder said.

"I saw a lady … she was standing there, leaning on a fence … she basically had a gun in her hand, she was pointing at people," said Hamza Amir, 22, of Wantagh, the owner of a nearby gas station who shot the video.

According to Ryder, department protocol allows officers to use deadly force in response to deadly physical force. “That's the law. If somebody threatens deadly physical force against you or another, you have the right to use deadly physical force," he said.