Brooklyn, NY – New York City police say an officer patrolling a public housing complex shot and killed a man he encountered in a stairwell.
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The NYPD is investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting around 11:15 p.m. Thursday in Brooklyn. The man’s girlfriend tells the Daily News the shooting was unprompted and he was unarmed.
Police say two officers were conducting “a vertical patrol” in the Pink Houses complex in the East New York neighborhood when they encountered the man between the seventh and eighth floors.
Police say one of the officers fired one round from his service weapon, striking the 28-year-old man in the chest. The man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Here we go – another Ferguson! Has Reverend Al been seen anywhere or is he busy doing his taxes?
NYCHA is a zoo!!!