New York City police fatally shot a man Tuesday night in Brooklyn in an incident that did not appear connected to protests elsewhere in the city.
Officers responding around 10 p.m. to a report of shots fired at a public housing complex in Crown Heights found a man who had been shot and another man with a gun hiding behind a fence, a police spokesperson said.
The man allegedly pointed the gun at officers and they opened fire. As many as 10 officers shot at him, the spokesperson said. Chief of Department Terence Monahan tweeted “an illegal gun was recovered at the scene.”
An NYPD investigation into the shooting will include a review of footage from the officers’ body-worn cameras.
Neighbors described hearing what sounded like a gun battle, though police did not say whether the man shot by officers fired at them.
(AP)
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We need police to protect us…glad they did! No need for an explanation. I wouldn’t be surprised if extreme left democrats arranged the riots so chaos can brake loose to give them leverage (and then to point fingers at trump). They fet this to happen by confusing the public in the name of “justice” to fuel the crowd and get them to agree to create havoc. Look beyond the surface of how this is a tactic to weaken police….and what the future will look like when police dont have control or when the police slowly become under the control of evil. No need for any explanation of shooting the one who Killed.
Best idea: defund the police.
#Biden2020