Testimony in a Queens trial sounded like it came from an action movie script today as witnesses described a wild police chase complete with guns blazing.
Cops described the terrifying moments when they heard gunfire ring out during a high-speed chase along Sutphin Boulevard.
“We were in a shooting together we could have died together,” said Officer Shawn Phillips who was the passenger in a patrol car chasing alleged robbery suspects, Urban Fermin and Darius Lowery on Feb 2, 2010.
The mayhem began at 7:40 a.m. when the men stole a car near 150th Avenue after a driver left it running while he went into a store, cops said.
About 40 minutes later, they pushed their way into a home on 133rd Avenue and stole a TV set, police sources said.
They then allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint near a bus stop before cops gave chase.
Phillips’ partner Steven Betts said the cops were on their routine shift when they received a call for a robbery in progress on 150th Avenue where a white Ford Focus was stolen.
The cops were on their way to the location when they saw a vehicle that matched the description of the stolen car.
The officers turned on their lights and siren and gave chase.
“I saw a black handgun waving out the passenger’s window,” Betts said . The chase ended on a residential block on 153rd Street, where the officers were face to face with the alleged suspects and opened fire -- after Lowery allegedly “reached for his waistband,” they said.
Both suspects ran away in the hail of bullets from the officers who continued the hunt within a four block radius.
Lowery was apprehended at the scene by other officers moments later and Fermin was arrested within the same day.
ccarega@nypost.com
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