Prosecutors say Tyler Green fled before fatal Brooklyn crash.
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Prosecutors alleged Tyler Green fled a police stop before the collision at Ralph Avenue and Macon Street at 7:10 p.m. on June 25, 2022; city records list one pedestrian killed and four people injured.
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What We Know
Brooklyn prosecutors alleged that Tyler Green fled a police stop and drove a stolen Honda HR-V at high speed, striking a cyclist, then Lyn Christopher and her 8-year-old grandson at Ralph Avenue and Macon Street. The official record lists one pedestrian killed and four people injured at 7:10 p.m. on June 25, 2022. Accounts of later impacts differ: Gothamist, citing police, said the driver hit a Honda Accord and struck a third pedestrian on the sidewalk; prosecutors later alleged a separate red-light collision and injury to a bodega employee. The Daily News reported that Christopher was returning from Saratoga Park with her grandson. Green was indicted on murder and assault charges; an indictment is an accusation, not proof of guilt.
A family visit ended in grief.
The Daily News identified Lyn Christopher's grandson as Jacob Butler, 8, and reported that he and his older sister had come from Atlanta to stay with Christopher for several weeks. Christopher and Jacob were returning home from Saratoga Park when the driver struck them, the paper reported.
Christopher's son, Marvin, told the Daily News, “She should never have died like that.”
The crash record and June reports give Christopher's age as 67, while the district attorney's October announcement gives her age as 68. The Daily News and the district attorney spell her first name Lyn; Gothamist spells it Lynn.
Prosecutors identified a Honda HR-V.
Prosecutors alleged Green was driving a stolen Honda HR-V. The Daily News described the Honda HR-V as likely stolen.
Reports differ on which street Christopher was crossing.
The official record places the collision at Ralph Avenue and Macon Street in Brooklyn. Prosecutors said the police stop began four blocks away, at Ralph Avenue and Chauncey Street.
The Daily News reported that Christopher was crossing Macon Street at Ralph Avenue; prosecutors said she was crossing Ralph Avenue with the light. The official record also says she was crossing with the signal.
Police and prosecutors described the impacts differently.
Prosecutors alleged that Green drove at high speed after fleeing a police stop, passed cars stopped at a red light, entered opposing traffic at Ralph Avenue and Macon Street, and struck a 28-year-old cyclist, then Christopher and her grandson. Prosecutors said the cyclist fractured a leg and the boy suffered traumatic head injuries.
Gothamist, citing police, said the driver veered into oncoming traffic and struck the cyclist, Christopher and her grandson, then hit a Honda Accord and struck a third pedestrian on the sidewalk. Prosecutors gave a different account of the later impacts: they alleged Green ran another red light one block away, hit a vehicle and injured its driver, then drove onto the curb and into a bodega, injuring an employee.
The official record lists one pedestrian killed and four people injured: two pedestrians, one cyclist and one motorist.
Green was indicted on murder and assault charges.
On October 13, 2022, the Brooklyn district attorney announced that Green, 22, had been arraigned on a 35-count indictment that included second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, and second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors said he was held without bail. An indictment is an accusation, not proof of guilt.