Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Police officers opened fire on a carjacked Hummer during a wild episode on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge early Monday morning, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials.

The incident unfolded at the bridge’s Staten Island-bound toll plaza at about 1:15 a.m.

According to MTA spokeswoman Marisa Baldeo, the NYPD told the bridge’s TBTA officers to be on the lookout for the vehicle, a 2006 Hummer, which had been hijacked at gunpoint.

Two officers stopped the vehicle, and at some point the officers fired four times at the car, Ms. Baldeo said.

Ms. Baldeo said she he didn’t have information as to why the officers fired.

“It is still an active crime scene and NYPD is still investigating,” she said.

One law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said that when the officers approached, they heard a loud bang that sounded like a gunshot, and someone inside threw a woman out of the Hummer. That sound is what spurred the officers to open fire, the source said.

The source also suggested that the vehicle might have been involved in something more serious than a carjacking — it may have been reported in connection with a homicide, and a license plate reader picked it up as it passed through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, the name for the former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

A female passenger tried to flee and was arrested at the toll plaza, Ms. Baldeo said. Her identity was not immediately released to media, and her role in the drama was unclear Monday night.

The male driver took off north on a nearby service road, ditching the vehicle on Targee Street before running off, Ms. Baldeo. He’s still at large, and the NYPD is searching for him, she said.

The law enforcement source said that multiple people were still inside when the vehicle sped off, and that it crashed on Targee.

The officers weren’t injured during the incident, Ms. Baldeo said.

An NYPD spokesman said the officers involved didn’t hit anyone when they fired.

The incident is not expected to impact morning rush hour traffic, Ms. Baldeo said.

(Source: SI Live)