No charges for NYPD officer who shot and killed a man in Far Rockaway last year
The state attorney general’s office is declining to prosecute an NYPD officer who shot and killed a man in Far Rockaway last year.
An attorney representing Samuel’s family called the investigation “incomplete” and said the AG’s office relied too much on the accounts of police, instead of speaking with more witnesses who watched what happened.
Cameron said he unholstered his gun and told Samuel to stop running. When Samuel kept going, Cameron said, he reholstered his gun to jump a fence and then saw Samuel run across the street and get hit by a car. Samuel stumbled a bit but got back up, Cameron said. According to the AG’s office, Cameron told the other officer, “He wouldn’t drop the gun. I told him multiple times to drop the gun.” Police recovered a Smith & Wesson pistol next to Samuel’s left hand, the report states.
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