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Crown Heights Crowd Confronts Police Following Officer-Involved Shooting

April 08, 2018 21:27·
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People in the area say Vassell was a fixture in the neighborhood, known to be mentally ill but generally harmless.

The New York State Attorney General has launched an investigation into whether the police involved shooting of Saheed Vassell was justified. Mayor Bill de Blasio noted that Vassell's family spoke of his "profound mental health problem", urging families with similar concerns to seek professional help. Police say she swung a bat at Barry, prompting the officer to fire his gun. "We've got to recognize if they believe they are in immediate matter of life-and-death to the people in the surrounding area, that's an exceedingly hard, tense split-second decision that has to be made". "He was shot in the head, the arm, his leg".

The release of the edited material on the NYPD's Twitter account - the full videos and transcripts weren't immediately provided - was meant to back up the department's claims that the four plainclothes and two uniformed officers who responded had a legitimate reason to believe they needed to move swiftly to stop a deadly threat.

Police have not answered the question of whether words were exchanged between Saheed Vassell and the police officer.

A police source said Vassell had 23 prior arrests, including for assault in 2003 and robbery in 2005, and at least one contact with police where he was described as being emotionally disturbed.

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At a vigil Thursday night, Vassell's mother, Lorna, said her son "came from a good home". On Thursday, the NYPD released surveillance videos showing the terrifying moments that prompted 911 calls and eventually ended the man's shooting. "They didn't have to do him like that". He was treated for gunshot wounds at the scene and taken to Kings County Hospital, where he soon died.

From the corner where the shooting took place, many marched to the 71st precinct stationhouse to demand justice.

"If we don't turn around and do something now, like the time is now, the energy is now", one demonstrator said.

According to police, they responded to a 911 call just before 5 p.m. on Montgomery Street after a man was seen aiming what appeared to be a firearm at residents.

Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for the AG's office, said the Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit has opened a probe. Some people in the crowd shouted at police.

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