Police arrived at 205-17 116th Ave. in Cambria Heights after receiving a threat from a man identified as Raul Hardy shortly after 6 p.m., sources said. Hardy, 60, said he would “change the government” by killing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Commissioner Kitsad Sewell and also threatened to “blow up” people, according to law enforcement sources. Responding officers shot and wounded the suspect after he opened fire, according to the NYPD. A cousin of Hardy’s told The Post he came to the crime scene after receiving a call from another relative warning his aunt was in trouble. I got a call from his cousin in Washington. She told me to go to my aunt’s house because we think [Hardy] possibly shot,” said 56-year-old Brian Ware. Onlookers near the scene where a 60-year-old man was shot and taken into custody after threatening to kill Gov. Hochul and other officials. Paul Martinka Police investigate the scene where Raul Hardy was shot, taken into custody. Paul Martinka Raoul Hardy reportedly threatened to “blow up” the world. “All my life I’ve known him to live there,” Ware said. “I never knew he had guns.” Hardy, who has prior arrests for incidents at the home, was doing landscaping work, according to his cousin. No officers were injured, sources said.
