The crash happened at Hylan Boulevard and Benton Avenue in Dongan Hills around 9:30 a.m. Friday, according to the NYPD. Police officials said the man, neighborhood resident Chaosheng Wu, was crossing the boulevard from the east when a 65-year-old woman driving north in a 2008 Ford Edge hit him.

Police said officers responded to a call about a man with a firearm inside a vehicle and "officers ran toward gunfire and bravely confronted danger."