Appeal from a judgment of the Onondaga County Court (Anthony F. Aloi, J.), rendered October 28, 2010. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (§ 265.03 [3]). Defendant contends that he was illegally stopped by the police and, thus, that County Court erred in refusing to suppress the handgun seized by the police from his person and his subsequent statements to the police. We reject that contention. “[T]he police may forcibly stop or pursue an individual if they have information which, although not yielding the probable cause necessary to justify an arrest, provides them with a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed” (People v Martinez, 80 NY2d 444, 447 [1992]; see People v Austin, 38 AD3d 1246, 1248 [2007], lv denied 8 NY3d 981 [2007]). “Reasonable suspicion is the quantum of knowledge sufficient to induce an ordinarily prudent and cautious [person] under the circumstances to believe criminal activity is at hand” (People v Cantor, 36 NY2d 106, 112-113 [1975]; see People v Woods, 98 NY2d 627, 628
Viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crime of murder in the second degree as charged to the jury (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]), we reject defendant’s contention that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence with respect to the element of intent (see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). We conclude that a different finding by the jury, i.e., a finding that defendant acted without intent to kill the victim, would have been unreasonable (see generally id.; People v Garrett, 88 AD3d 1253, 1253-1254 [2011], lv denied 18 NY3d 883 [2012]). In his statements to the police, defendant admitted that he shot the victim intentionally in retaliation for the shooting of his friend the previous day. Furthermore, the evidence at trial established that the victim was shot three times at a close range, indicating an intent to kill (see generally People v Payne, 3 NY3d 266, 272 [2004]).
. We reject defendant’s contention that the imposition of consecutive sentences for the two crimes is illegal inasmuch as the