Monday, January 13, 2025
A Lynbrook man was arrested after discharging a gun as Nassau County police tried to take him into custody after a traffic stop at 12:50 a.m., on Dec. 8 in Elmont.
Police stopped Antonio Lam, 30, near Hoeffner Avenue and Pelham Street, for a covered license plate. Lam fled the scene on foot, police said. Drug paraphernalia was discovered in the vehicle, as well, officials said.
Lam was found near Carnegie Avenue and resisted arrest, and then shot a loaded firearm once, according to police. Bullet fragments entered a home but no one was struck, police said. Police then recovered the loaded gun from Lam.
One officer sustained injuries as a result of Lam violently resisting arrest, police said. Lam was not injured.
“These cops could have been killed, a civilian could have been killed, and the defendant himself could have been killed,” Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a Dec. 9 news conference.
Lam is charged with assault of a police officer, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of a firearm.
He will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Dec. 9. He faces three and a half to 15 years for possession of the loaded firearm.
“The county executive has zero tolerance for the activities that occur on our roadways that are illegal,” Ryder said.
