NO ONE HURT IN 2 HOSTAGE INCIDENTS

Two police officers in safety gear, with weapons at the ready, prepare to enter Avenue K residence where an armed suspect was reportedly holed up and holding a hostage last Thursday afternoon. See story and other photos on page 3. Neil S. Friedman Two simultaneous, but separate, hostage situations played out within a few miles of each other last Thursday afternoon as dozens of police officers were mobilized to handle the potentially perilous circumstances.

The first began at 11:20 a.m. on East 89th Street, south of Glenwood Road, and lasted more than four hours, police said. The second began at around noon at a two-family house on Avenue K, near East 99th Street, and ended after approximately two hours.

In both cases, arrests were made, no one was injured and full police mobilization tactics were used, including hostage negotiating teams, as well as Tactical Response and Emergency Service Unit officers.

Police from the 69th Precinct were called to the first incident, at 720 East 89th Street, when two men called 911 to say that their sister's ex-boyfriend, Bryan Outram, 31, was shooting into the air from a second floor window across the street from them. Officers from the ESU, Aviation, Canine and Hostage Negotiating Team were called and attempts were made to contact the suspect. Although the suspect refused to speak to authorities at the scene, he released two men, one 21 and the other 30, he had been holding. The hostages were taken to the Foster Avenue station house for further questioning.

Members of the Emergency Services Tactical Assistance Response Unit (TARU) "suit up" in helmets and flak outfits Thursday on East 89th Street, at one of two hostage situations here. Neil S. Friedman After their release, ESU officers began a search of the house for the suspect and eventually discovered Outram hiding in the basement, where he was arrested without incident. Police did not report finding the suspect's gun, but did discover a number of shell casings.

After police obtained a second search warrant, they discovered a loaded black 9mm Ruger semi-automatic handgun, handcuffs and three plastic bags containing alleged marijuana, more NYPD paraphernalia, according to sources.

While the East 89th Street incident continued, another 911 call indicated there was a man with a firearm inside a house on Avenue K. Precinct officers responded to the scene were met by a 22-year-old woman who told them she had been visiting a friend when the latter's boyfriend, identified as Tengu Bloomfield, 27, pointed a gun at her and told her to leave. She left and immediately called 911, also stating that his girlfriend and their child were inside the apartment.

Emergency personnel were called again — some were dispatched from the first crime scene — and a perimeter, encompassing East 98th Street to East 100th Street and Avenue K, was cordoned off.

A detective said that due to the incident's proximity to I.S. 211, at the corner of Avenue J and East 100th Street, dismissal was delayed as children were kept out of harm's way inside building.

Hostage negotiators secured Bloomfield's cell phone number and began a dialogue with him.

After what police called a "short period of time," Bloomfield, along with his girlfriend and their child, came to the door and he was taken into custody without incident, they said.

It was not clear whether the firearm was discovered, but Bloomfield was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. No one was injured during the second incident, police said.