A four-time felon carjacker who sparked a police-involved taking pictures in Queens that left an NYPD detective wounded has been hit with a flurry of felony expenses, together with theft and assault, police mentioned Saturday.
Suspect Kevin Dubuisson, 28, can also be dealing with expenses of menacing, tried theft and tried assault in connection to his 12-hour car-stealing spree that started in Midtown Manhattan and resulted in Whitestone, Queens, the place cops opened hearth on him, believing he was armed.
NYPD Detective Corey Fisher, a Queens South narcotics cop, was shot within the arm and leg by one other officer as they tried to apprehend Dubuisson on twenty first Street close to the Whitestone Expressway Service Street at round 8:50 a.m. Friday.
NYPD Detective Corey Fisher was shot by one other officer as he tried to cease the carjacking of an Uber driver on this black Toyota Grand Highlander livery cab on twenty first Rd. close to the Whitestone Expressway Service Rd. in Whitestone, Queens, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Every day Information)
Dubisson, who was launched from jail in March after serving 15 months on an tried theft conviction, had simply crushed and robbed an Uber driver of his Toyota Highlander simply moments earlier than, police allege.
Cops had boxed the Highlander and had been about to arrest Dubuisson when the photographs had been fired.
“It was a friendly-fire incident,” Mayor Adams mentioned at Jamaica Hospital, the place Det. Fisher was being handled Friday. “Thankfully, these injuries are not life-threatening and he’s expected to make a full recovery.”
“I want to be clear, regardless of who shot our detective, there’s one person responsible for starting the chain of events that landed us in the hospital today,” Adams mentioned about Dubuisson. “This is a man who should have been behind bars, not on our streets.”
Mayor Eric Adams speaks throughout a press convention at Jamaica Hospital Medical Heart on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 in Queens, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Every day Information)
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned Dubuisson has 10 unsealed arrests, principally for theft and assault, in addition to a historical past of combating with the police.
The suspect additionally had 4 interactions with cops between December 2012 and January 2023 the place he was listed as mentally unwell. It was not instantly disclosed if these incidents resulted in arrests or hospitalizations.
The carjacker didn’t have a firearm on Friday, however had threatened to shoot no less than two folks an hour earlier than the conflict with police. He had additionally crushed the Uber driver with a metallic object.
Cops had arrested the ex-con on Thursday afternoon for leaping a turnstile on the twenty eighth St. station close to Park Ave. South in Manhattan, however was let go along with a desk look ticket.
That night time, he stole two automobiles in Manhattan, which he both deserted or crashed earlier than heading into Queens.
On Friday morning, Kevin Dubuisson tried to steal a automobile from a Mobil gasoline station on Parson’s Blvd., a few block from the taking pictures scene. He jumped behind the wheel of a white Hyundai Santa Fe and began the ignition earlier than Mobil station worker H. Ayache raced over and caught his arm by the driving force’s-side window and tried to seize the keys. (Obtained by Every day Information)
On Friday morning, he tried to steal a automobile from a Mobil gasoline station on Parson’s Blvd., a few block from the taking pictures scene.
He was scared off by a station worker and a buyer, who briefly chased him down twenty first Street.
Minutes later, Dubuisson tried to carjack a lady outdoors her residence earlier than zeroing in on the Uber driver.
New York’s prime cop blamed modifications to the state’s bail-reform guidelines for Dubuisson’s fast launch after cops grabbed him for leaping the turnstile on the twenty eighth St. station. Earlier than the brand new legal guidelines took impact in 2019, somebody on parole would have by no means been launched on a turnstile-jumping offense, in line with Tisch.
“He should not have been out on our streets this morning,” she mentioned.
Surveillance footage recorded at a Queens Cell station reveals accused automobile thief, Kevin Dubuisson, shortly earlier than he was concerned in a police-involved taking pictures a brief distance away. (Obtained by Every day Information)
“Before going out to attempt a carjacking, he walked out of one of our criminal justice locations,” Mayor Adams added. “That is the definition of insanity — arresting the same person over and over again and expecting different results.”
Dubuisson’s arraignment in Queens Felony Courtroom was pending Saturday.
Initially Revealed: August 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM EDT
