Man Arrested In Brooklyn For Allegedly Shining Lasers At NYPD, CBS2 Helicopters
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police have arrested a man accused of shining a laser at a police helicopter -- and our own Chopper 2.
The incident happened at around 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
NYPD aviation officers were covering the protests over Manhattan, when they -- and Chopper 2 -- were hit by a laser from Brooklyn.
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Police said the pilot in the NYPD helicopter was temporarily blinded.
Chopper 2's pilot was not injured.
Suspect James Dowling was captured on the roof of a building in Red Hook, police said.
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