VIDEO: Murder suspect Sundance Oliver surrender surprises cops, video shows

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News
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A stunning video shows the moment when suspected murderer Sundance Oliver surrendered at the 77th Precinct Tuesday morning for killing two people and wounding a 96-year-old man only to be greeted by an army of cops aiming their guns at him.

Surveillance video obtained by the Daily News from the 77th Precinct stationhouse shows Oliver, 28, casually walking up the stairs to the station house lobby about 7 a.m. Tuesday, just three hours after NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced a city-wide manhunt for his capture.

When he steps into the lobby, he raises his hands, surprising two cops who immediately draw their weapons, the video shows.

Within a few seconds, he’s swarmed by about 20 police officers, many with their weapons drawn, as he’s pulled to the ground and handcuffed.

At least two of the cops who arrested him were heavily armed SRG officers carrying assault weapons, the video shows.

Oliver, sporting a fur-lined light grey hooded coat, didn’t have the weapon on him he had used to shoot 96-year-old Sandy DeWalt and kill Kevon “Biggz” Langston, 21, and 17-year-old Keyaira Rattray-Brothers.

Cops were still looking for the pistol he used in the shooting and back-to-back homicides on Wednesday.

After he was taken into custody Oliver began acting out in his holding cell and broke the bench he was sitting on, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said Tuesday. He was taken to Kings County Hospital for an evaluation and was not questioned about the homicides.

Investigators charged Oliver with three robberies he allegedly committed, including two that occurred this week. He’s also been charged with attempted murder for shooting DeWalt.

As of Tuesday night, he had not been charged with the two murders, police said.

“With the dragnet pulling tighter, Oliver turned himself in,” Sewell said at a news conference Tuesday. “The subject has been arrested several times in the past. Today we begin the process of holding this brazen offender accountable for his actions and delivering justice for his victims.”