As if it were an Old West cowboy movie, a New York police horse starred in the high-speed chase of a suspected thief in the central Times Square area, considered the “world crossroads” of tourism.
The suspect, identified as Ignacio Lewis, had apparently robbed a sunglasses salesman Saturday afternoon but was soon caught, police records showed. images posted on Twitter by NYPD, generating a curious top-angle video from the body camera of the riding policeman.