By Maura Grunlund
Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, NY — Police arrested a man wanted for questioning in an attempt to shoot cops upstate and a separate armed robbery on Monday morning in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.
The NYPD and New York State Police searched for Joshua Stuart, 42, wanted for questioning in an incident where shots were fired at several police officers at a hospital in Ellenville early on Friday morning.
Stuart also is sought for questioning in a gunpoint robbery on Monday morning in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
Stuart was taken into custody with charges pending on Monday evening in Brooklyn.
The NYPD released a photo of a light-colored 2005 Honda Pilot BVX-2687 that the suspect allegedly used to flee from the Brooklyn robbery.
On Monday at about 8:37 a.m., Stuart allegedly entered at store at 8313 Third Avenue in Brooklyn and approached a 29-year-old male store employee, according to an NYPD statement.
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Stuart allegedly displayed a firearm and removed the employee’s wallet that contained about $50 and a credit card before fleeing the location in a gray Honda Pilot. No injuries were reported, the NYPD statement said.
Stuart, who is white, is described as standing 5' 8" to 6' tall and weighing 155 pounds. He was seen wearing a black-and-white shirt and dark pants, the NYPD statement said.
“Stuart is believed to be armed and dangerous, and should not be approached,” the New York State Police warned.
The New York State Police is investigating a shooting incident where no one was injured at Ellenville Regional Hospital on Friday at about 1 a.m.