The NYPD released bodycam footage Friday of a police shooting at a Brooklyn L subway station that left four people wounded by gunshots, including an officer hit by friendly fire.
Sunday’s shooting was sparked by a fare who walked through an open gate at the Sutter Ave station. L in Brownsville and then brandished a knife at a pair of NYPD officers, according to police. The suspect, Darrell Mickles, who was critically wounded, was arraigned Friday on charges of assaulting the officer who was wounded by friendly fire in the shooting and held on $1.5 million bail .
NYPD officer Edmund Mays was injured in the shooting, as was Mickles. In addition to the officer and the suspect, a 26-year-old passenger was grazed, and 49-year-old Gregory Delpeche, on his way to work at Woodhull Hospital, was in critical condition with brain damage after being hit on the left side. of his head, said the family.
“They almost killed him,” said Gelpeche’s cousin, Greg Nougues, 57. “Are the police going to investigate why they shot this guy? The guy who shot them shot his partner and shot another pedestrian, and my cousin wasn’t even in the same car. What kind of shooting was this cop doing?”
The NYPD said officers repeatedly told Mickles to drop the knife and that he was only a few feet away from the officers — well inside what is considered the safety zone — brandishing the weapon when they opened fire.
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