'Warning shots' put end to foot chases

'Warning shots' put end to foot chases

Quick-on-the-trigger city cops – stop or I’ll shoot – were involved in two wild and dangerous shooting incidents within a two-week span in August 1964. An officer in a foot chase through a field on Pitt Street, fired what police described as a “warning shot” in the direction of the 18-year-old driver who fled the scene of a car accident on foot. Police said there was no danger to the public since the incident took place in an open field and the …