Cops arrested a fleeing 19-year-old shooter who fired two rounds at a group of people in Jamaica.
Michael Jones of St. Albans got into a verbal dispute with the group around 11:20 p.m. on Saturday near Merrick Boulevard and 119th Avenue, police said.
Jones pulled out a gun from his waist and started to shoot the people, cops said. No one was injured, according to officials.
Officers that were driving nearby jumped out of an unmarked car and chased Jones, who threw away his gun before he fled, authorities said.
Jones was caught and arrested around Merrick and Baisley boulevards. He was charged with weapon possession, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest, according to police.
The incident was the second shooting that occurred on Merrick Boulevard on Saturday. A 35-year-old man was shot dead on Saturday morning inside Edge Bar and Lounge on the boulevard, cops said.
Police did not reveal whether the incidents are connected.
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