![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/police-drive-car-into-woman-waving-gun-and-holding-it-to-head-in-middle-of-road/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Police-drive-car-into-woman-firing-gun-in-air-and-holding-it-to-head-in-middle-of-busy-road.jpg&description=The woman was captured on video waving the gun around in the air, pointing it at oncoming cars, before holding it to her head moments before a police car knocks her to the ground in Long Island, New York A disturbing video shows the moment a woman stood in the middle of a busy road waving a gun around before police crashed their car into her. Police in Long Island used an SUV to sideswipe the woman, knocking her to the ground. Police responded to the scene in Nassau County after receiving 911 calls about a woman waving a gun around at 2.20pm on Tuesday, August 15 in the suburb of North Bellmore in Long Island, New York. The 33-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was firing a semi-automatic pistol in the air and pointing it at oncoming vehicles. After knocking her to the ground, police quickly arrested her. They said she was treated for minor injuries at a nearby hospital along with another officer being treated for trauma. Nassau County Police Commissioner, Patrick Ryder, said: "It's a loaded handgun that she's waving around, in traffic, pointing at cars with their kids in the car. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. "That cop made a split-second decision to put her on the ground. He did a great job." Police say she fired one round into the air and they were able to recover the semi-automatic weapon. Police are now investigating the events leading up to the incident. The incident happened near a children's readiness centre that was being used that day. However, school officials confirmed children had already been dismissed. The owner of a nearby petrol station recorded the incident, as the woman began to point the pistol toward her head. As she raised the gun to her head, a police car can be seen making a hard turn toward her and knocking her to the street before she can get away. The front right bumper of the SUV hit the woman's legs and she can be seen collapsing on the road. Officers quickly swarme){kind=link}
The woman was captured on video waving the gun around in the air, pointing it at oncoming cars, before holding it to her head moments before a police car knocks her to the ground in Long Island, New York
A disturbing video shows the moment a woman stood in the middle of a busy road waving a gun around before police crashed their car into her.
Police in Long Island used an SUV to sideswipe the woman, knocking her to the ground. Police responded to the scene in Nassau County after receiving 911 calls about a woman waving a gun around at 2.20pm on Tuesday, August 15 in the suburb of North Bellmore in Long Island, New York.
The 33-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was firing a semi-automatic pistol in the air and pointing it at oncoming vehicles. After knocking her to the ground, police quickly arrested her.
They said she was treated for minor injuries at a nearby hospital along with another officer being treated for trauma. Nassau County Police Commissioner, Patrick Ryder, said: “It’s a loaded handgun that she’s waving around, in traffic, pointing at cars with their kids in the car.