A shooting at a Brownsville subway station left two bystanders injured, along with the suspect and an officer involved in the confrontation. The incident started when police confronted a man accused of fare evasion, who allegedly charged at officers with a knife.
NYPD brass previously said the alleged fare-beater had charged at the officers with a knife and made verbal threats against their lives; he was shot several times, but is expected to surviveat a Brooklyn subway station that started as a confrontation between police and an apparent fare-beater who they have said charged at officers with a knife.
“It seems there’s a strong argument there was disproportionate force used by the police in this case," said Fink, who had not yet seen the video at the time of the hearing.New details were released in a police shooting inside a Brooklyn subway station, in which bullets hit an officer, a suspect and two bystanders. Police said that bodycam footage will be released, as the victim's family demands answers. NBC New York's Marc Santia reports.
When the officers pull their guns, Mickles comes to a complete stop, his hands by his sides, the train right behind him. As Mickles turns his head slightly to the left, they fire multiple shots as he remained standing still. Mickles falls into train while the passengers inside flee.by someone else, despite police initially stating that the weapon had been recovered. The knife was later recovered by police as part of the investigation.
In the days since Sunday’s shooting, police officials have repeatedly emphasized that the officers fired after Derell Mickles “charged" at one of them, and when their attempts to deescalate the situation and use Tasers had failed — leaving them with little choice but to resort to deadly force to protect themselves and passengers.
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