Po­lice shot and ap­pre­hend­ed a sus­pect al­leged­ly linked to an at­tempt­ed mur­der and sev­er­al firearm-re­lat­ed of­fences dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion in Pleas­antville on Tues­day.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, around 4.05 pm, South­ern Di­vi­sion of­fi­cers went to Bal­isi­er Av­enue af­ter re­ceiv­ing cred­i­ble in­for­ma­tion that a man de­scribed as a “pri­or­i­ty of­fend­er” was at his res­i­dence and armed with il­le­gal firearms.

Of­fi­cers ap­proached the house from three di­rec­tions, but when they an­nounced their pres­ence, the sus­pect ran to the back of the house and at­tempt­ed to es­cape along a drain.