NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police on Wednesday identified the man they’re searching for after 11 NYPD vehicles were set on fire in Brooklyn last week.
The NYPD said they’re looking for Jakhi Lodgson-McCray. Police also released video of him in connection with the arson early last Thursday morning near the 83rd Precinct stationhouse in Bushwick.
According to police, a masked arsonist climbed over a gate and entered a parking lot at Dekalb and Central avenues, about two blocks from the police station.
He then placed fire starters on the windshields, hoods and tires of more than a dozen NYPD vehicles, police said.
The incendiary devices sparked multiple fires that severely damaged 11 NYPD vehicles, according to cops, who said several other devices failed to start.
The firebug was last seen headed northbound on Hart Avenue, police said.
No injuries were reported from the fires.
Last week, Mayor Eric Adams linked the arson to anti-ICE protests happening in Los Angeles and nationwide.
“We have reason to believe that the person who participated in this act is connected to some of the protests that's taking place in Los Angeles and throughout the entire country,” Adams said without divulging details.
“A coward would burn vehicles in the middle of the night, and that coward will be apprehended,” the mayor said.
