NYPD Officer Who Intervened In Deadly Queens Convenience Store Shooting Honored
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens neighborhood came together Saturday to honor an NYPD officer.
He was off-duty when he took down a gunman in a convenience store shooting.
Police officer Jason Maharaj was recognized by multiple community organizations in Ozone Park.
(credit: Twitter/@NYPDShea)
Back on Oct. 26, Maharaj was inside the Craft Beer Lotto Cigar Store on Crossbay Boulevard.
He confronted a man who police say had just shot an employee.
“It was crazy, scary. It was like a split-second decision, what I had to do,” Maharaj said.
Maharaj apprehended the suspect before more officers could arrive and make an arrest.
The employee, 26-year-old Mohmediyan Tarwala, was killed.
The suspect, 63-year-old Steven Cohen, faces charges for murder and possessing a weapon.
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November 08, 2020 at 09:49AM
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