A New York City man who was trying to escape arrest jumped from elevated Brooklyn subway tracks onto the roof of a building across the street — while bystanders and cops below begged him not to make the dangerous leap.
The 25-year-old suspect, Kendall Floyd, was cruising around Williamsburg on Wednesday afternoon when police officers spotted him driving without a seatbelt and pulled him over, authorities said.
However, as cops conducted the car stop at Humboldt and Debevoise streets around 4:10 p.m., Floyd suddenly flung his car door open, striking an officer in the arm, and bolted.
Officers managed to catch up to him again about three blocks away but he still refused to surrender. Floyd then scrambled up a stanchion pole onto elevated subway tracks near the Flushing Avenue station, authorities said.
A video of the incident posted on social media late Wednesday begins with Floyd standing just outside the track area, hunching over and adjusting his footing — as people gathered below yelling, “Don’t do it, man! It’s not worth it!”
Floyd then suddenly takes the dangerous plunge, jumping “a great distance” onto the roof of a commercial building across the street, according to police officers and the shocking footage.
Several officers then take off running around the corner towards a chain-link fence blocking off the area behind the building where Floyd landed. One of the officers scales the fence while the others stay back, the clip shows.
Another officer is seen pulling what appears to be a wooden frame from a pile on the ground and propping it up against the fence before the clip cuts out.
Floyd, who suffered a leg injury after the dramatic plunge, was eventually apprehended by the officers, cops said.
He was charged with assault on a police officer, reckless endangerment, official misconduct, false personation, two counts of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and a seatbelt violation, according to police.
Floyd, of Queens, was taken to Woodhull Medical Center in stable condition, authorities said. The officer hurt during the initial car stop went to the Brooklyn Hospital Center to be checked out, authorities said.
