The NYPD has released dramatic body camera footage showing the moment a police sergeant jumped into an SUV driven by a Taser-wielding carjacker, who then plowed into traffic in Midtown Manhattan, before fleeing on foot.
The wild scene played out in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon, less than an hour before police say the same suspect carjacked an Uber driver at knifepoint.
Police have released the first image of the wanted man, but no arrests have been announced as of Friday afternoon.
Body camera video released by the NYPD on Thursday shows a sergeant and an officer trying to prevent the unidentified carjacker from driving off in a stolen Audi SUV at 57th Street and Broadway, which he had stolen after threatening its owner with a Taser at around 4.30pm.
Body camera footage that was released by the NYPD on Thursday shows a police officer trying in vain to stop a carjacker from driving away in a stolen Audi in Midtown Manhattan
The wild scene played out in broad daylight at West 57th Street and Broadway after the owner of the Audi was threatened with a Taser
Police caught up with the carjacker and jumped inside, but he managed to drive away
One officer warned the thief that he's 'going to kill someone' because the Audi plowed into oncoming traffic
In the recording, the sergeant runs up to the vehicle, opens the front passenger door and climbs inside.
'Put your hands up! Don't f***ing move!' the cop yells at the suspect in the driver's seat as he attempts to handcuff him.
A scuffle ensues inside the vehicle, with the sergeant warning the carjacker that he's 'going to kill somebody.'
Despite the efforts of the sergeant and officer to stop the suspect, he manages to drive away.
In a 25-second clip recorded by a witness and posted to Instagram on Wednesday, the stolen SUV is seen driving in the wrong direction down a one-way street, pushes the car in front of it, causing it to crash into another car, before driving off into the distance.
The Audi rammed into a vehicle in front of it, as seen in witness video
In a short clip posted to Instagram Wednesday, a man could be seen chasing after his car as another man, armed with a knife, plows into a car in front of it in an effort to flee the scene
Pictured: Several of the other vehicles sustaining severe damage
Police chased the Audi on foot, before the SUV crashed into a pole and a flower bed a block away.
According to the NYPD, the thief got out of the car and ran to the nearby Columbus Circle subway station, where he was caught on surveillance video.
A police officer suffered an injury to his hip during the altercation with the carjacker.
Police said they believe that the carjacker took a southbound train down to Penn Station, and then made his way to 36th Street, where an Uber driver was siting in his black Infiniti and waiting for a passenger.
About 45 minutes after the first carjacking, the same suspect allegedly approached the ride-share worker with a boxcutter in hand.
Police say the carjacker ditched the Audi after crashing it into a police and went down into the Columbus Circle station, where he was caught on security camera
