An 18-year-old Manhattan man has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges for allegedly shooting at an NYPD sergeant and two officers during a graffiti stop last month, the Bronx district attorney’s office said Tuesday.
Messiah Nantwi is also charged with criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon and a firearm, menacing a police officer, obstruction, resisting arrest and possession of graffiti instruments in the Feb. 21 case.
According to the investigation, uniformed NYPD officers tried to stop Nantwi and another individual when they saw them with spray paint cans around 12:30 a.m. that day. The unnamed individual ran off, while Nantwi was apprehended.
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