New York City police officers shot and killed a man wanted in a suspected abduction Saturday night, after they say the man rammed police and civilian vehicles with a van on the Belt Parkway in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The ordeal began shortly before 7:30 PM when police were alerted to a possible abduction at West 22nd St. and Surf Ave in Coney Island, after a man and woman each called 911. “The male caller said that he saw a white van and further stated, ‘There’s a girl kicking and screaming in there.’ The female caller stated that she heard the girl saying ‘Let me go!’ multiple times,” said NYPD Asst. Chief Charles Minch, Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South. (Image: NBC New York) The callers, Minch said, saw police in a marked unit and told them what was happening. As officers approached the van, the van barreled onto a sidewalk and sped off, according to police. As officers put out word on their police radio, the van driver got stuck in traffic on the eastbound Belt Parkway, according to Minch. (Image: NBC New York) When uniformed officers approached the driver, they yelled commands at him and broke the front passenger side window. “The driver began to drive forwards and backwards, ramming both police and occupied civilian vehicles indiscriminately on the Belt Parkway,” Minch said. Police used pepper spray and their Tasers, but neither tactic work, according to the NYPD. “And the driver continued to ram nearby vehicles. Officers then discharged their firearms and struck the driver.” The shooting happened around Exit 8. (Image: NBC New York) The wounded driver was pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn after officers had removed him from the van and had called for an ambulance. CPR was performed, Minch said. Officers were also taken to a hospital for evaluation. Police did not identify the dead man pending notification of family. Police say an adult woman had been in the white van early in the drama. “She has confirmed that she was in the van and was screaming and exited the vehicle before the police officers first arrived,” Minch said. Investigators think the screaming was the result of a domestic dispute. The driver was also wanted for “unlawful imprisonment” last month and a domestic assault earlier this month, Minch said at an overnight news conference. The deadly confrontation was captured on at least one police bodycam and the case is now being examined by the NYPD Force Investigation Unit. It is also expected to come under review by the New York State Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation, which looks into every death in the state caused by police officer or peace officer. The shooting forced the complete closure of the Belt Parkway for a time Saturday night. Numerous evidence markers could be seen on the pavement and parts of the windshield of van were shattered. NBC New York video showed investigators examining the white van. (Image: NBC New York) ...read more read less