Brooklyn cops shoot alleged fare-beater, also hit 2 bystanders and officer
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Four people were injured Sunday afternoon at a Brooklyn subway stop in what started as officers’ attempts to apprehend a man accused of skipping the station turnstile.

Police opened fire on a subway platform in Brooklyn during a confrontation with an alleged fare-beater, striking the man cops said was armed with a knife, two straphangers caught in the fray, and one of the firing officers, NYPD officials said Sunday.

One of those two passengers hit by the cops’ bullets, a 49-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit struck in the head, according to the NYPD.

The two officers who opened fire were assigned to patrol the Sutter Avenue subway stop in the 73rd precinct when they spotted a man skip the station turnstile and walk through an open gate toward the train platform, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey explained at an evening press conference from Brookdale Hospital.

  • superkret@feddit.org
    109·
    2 months ago

    They stopped him for a few dollars’ worth of fare.
    They shot him for charging at them with a knife.

    • ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
      381·
      2 months ago

      We’ll see if that story pans out, I’m sure the body cam footage is coming any minute…

      • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
        14·
        2 months ago

        The statement by the Department Chief literally references that there is body cam footage, that is the source of information for the statement.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          26·
          2 months ago

          No no no. They mean the footage being released for public scrutiny. The police have lied about the body camera footage before.

    • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world
      282·
      2 months ago

      The uniformed duo followed the alleged fare-beater up the stairs to the elevated L train platform around 3 p.m., when they gave him commands to stop and turn around. Maddrey said during a verbal altercation, they “became aware of a knife.”

      Body-worn camera footage, which Maddrey said he reviewed before the press conference, allegedly showed the man make a verbal threat to the officers. He told the cops, “I’m going to kill you if you don’t stop following me,” the chief said.

      As the encounter continued to escalate, a northbound L train pulled into the station. The train cars opened and the man jumped inside, according to police.

      Where is this knife charge mentioned?

      • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 months ago

        Maddrey said the officers followed the man, each firing a Taser which proved ineffective in subduing the man. He then exited the train while it was still at the station and charged the officers with the knife, the chief said.

        it was the next sentence from what you copied lol