An 84th Street man was arrested last night for allegedly pistol whipping his landlord, then shooting at police from a second story window, piercing two patrol cars and a third vehicle owned by a neighbor.
According to the Daily News, 33-year-old Derek Gallo pistol-whipped his landlord, who the suspect believed had stolen his E-Z Pass. Officers responding to the call apparently stayed calm, cool and collected; in the process of apprehending Gallo they did not return fire. Some comments posted on the Daily News website say that police would have handled the situation with less restraint if the suspect had not been white. No matter how one looks at this incident two things are clear: the arresting officers did their job well and thankfully, in a potentially lethal situation involving a gun, no one was shot.