By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
It was a tense moment for a DEA agent who was trying to arrest a drug suspect.
The suspect tried to remove a gun from the agent, causing the weapon to fire as the suspect and a female suspect fled in a hotel parking lot near JFK Airport on Tuesday, the New York Post reports.
A witness saw the incident unfold and initially thought the agent was the aggressor as the female suspect screamed.
“He was running after her and she was running back towards the Hampton Inn parking lot. He jumped and tackled her here behind the car, like a football tackle,” said Tyesha Davis, 29.
“I ran over and started hitting him, saying, ‘Get off her!’ He reached in his shirt and pulled out a badge and said, ‘Stop, I’m a DEA officer.’”
“I asked, ‘Who is she?’ and he said, ‘She’s a drug trafficker, I’m making an arrest,’” Davis continued.
The man who tried to wrestle the gun away from the agent was still at large Tuesday night.
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