EAST FLATBUSH — A 26-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested on Christmas after he shot himself in the leg, then lied to police about a drive-by shooting to explain the injury, officials said.
The man was treated for a gunshot wound to the left leg at Kings County Hospital in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, police said.
There, he told investigators he had been wounded by a spray of bullets that came from a passing car as he stood outside 755 Fenimore St. near Troy Avenue. He then took a cab to the hospital for treatment, he told police.
But investigators found five .40 caliber shell casings inside the lobby of the same building and determined the man had fired the shots himself. He was subsequently arrested for filing a false report, among other charges, police said.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
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► A male suspect stole a miniature shovel from inside a housewares store at 1618 Bedford Ave. at 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, then walked outside the shop and broke the front windows of the store with the implement, police said. The man then fled on foot. The attack caused $500 in damage.
► A 38-year-old woman was sprayed in the face with an unknown chemical during an attempted robbery, according to the NYPD. The woman was walking at the corner of Empire Boulevard and Troy Avenue at 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 24 when a group of men approached her. One asked for $1 and then told her “don’t call 911.” He then sprayed her in the face with what may have been a fire extinguisher, she told police, and tried to grab her purse. The group then fled north on foot. The woman was uninjured in the assault.
► A 28-year-old man was walking home from D Avenue Sports Bar at 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 24 at the corner of Winthrop Street and Flatbush Avenue when an unknown suspect hit him on the head from behind and took his wallet, house keys, car keys and cellphone. The man had been carrying $550 in cash in the wallet, police said.
► A 42-year-old man was arrested on Dec. 28 after he threw a brick through the window of a pawn shop after fighting with the owner about an item he had on layaway. The man and the owner of B+H Jewelry at 304 Utica Ave. started arguing around 12 p.m., then the suspect left the store. He returned a short time later with a brick, hurled it through a front window and then tried to grab property inside the broken window display. The owner chased him away and police later arrested the man.
► A 17-year-old girl was arrested after she stabbed her boyfriend in the shoulder during a dispute. Police said the young man, also 17, was visiting the girl inside an apartment at 420 Eastern Parkway around 5:20 p.m. on Dec. 29 when they got into an argument. When the boy tried to leave, she blocked his path, took a knife out of her purse and stabbed him in the right shoulder. The boy was treated at a local hospital and the girl was arrested.
