Crown and Nostrand

Esperanza

Anyone know why there is a helicopter hovering?

crownheightster

It's craziness. My toddler is being kept awake by all the helicopter action.

Esperanza

I hear you, the bloody thing is just hovering loudly overhead. There aren't any police cars. Maybe it's Jz and Bey wanting a our of Crown Heights.

lilern

My block is closed off - Montgomery Street. Word is it is shooting related.

eastbloc

About an hour ago, there were what sounded like 5 gunshots in rapid succession from the same direction (relative to Sterling and Franklin).

Wouldn't be surprised if that was related somehow.

mugofmead111

I hear you, the bloody thing is just hovering loudly overhead. There aren't any police cars..

I saw some vehicles as I was coming up Bedford after I got off the Q train about 30 minutes ago.

That helicopter is so loud I thought there were *two* of them.

Plglife

Yea, I'm in plg and the helicopter sounds so loud. I thought something happened around here.

pheightsresident

Yeah, back when I lived in Bed Stuy, the only time I'd see/hear helicopters was for something shooting related. They'd be hoving over several rooftops searching for suspects. So that's my guess. 

whynot_31

This guy filmed today's helicopter and police action near Crown and Rogers: 

https://twitter.com/DanMilanoHere/status/608049597945114624

...and various twitter accounts report gunshots in the vicinity. So, I think we can conclude someone fired a gun several times.

However, it is unclear whether anyone was hit by said gunfire.

rararuuu

Apparently there was an individual in the basement of a building with a gun, not sure if he was brought in or not. I could see several cops on the roof from my place, along with the helicopter circling overhead. It was pretty wild.

whynot_31

I wonder if MEC was briefly locked down as a precaution.

I'd really like to believe they have some active shooter protocols in place.

greenegirl

I have searched everywhere and had not been able to find info about what happened yesterday. Even dnainfo skipped the incident.

Video I took of the chopper from my backyard on New York avenue.

https://t.co/BGlRGqc1fZ

whynot_31

Teens with guns seem to be suspected, but details are sketchy:

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150611/crown-heights/there-were-three-shootings-crown-heights-within-four-days-police-say

mugofmead111

There a helicopter hovering this morning in the Medgar Evers/Ebbets Field area.