Post by coots on Aug 4, 2013 14:37:42 GMT -5
Newsday
NYPD Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Teen
Two rookie police officers fatally shot a 14-year-old boy in the Bronx early Sunday morning after the teen opened fire on another person, according to the NYPD.
Police officers reported seeing Shaaliver Douse, of the Bronx, chasing another male while firing at him with a 9-mm handgun near East 151st Street and Courtlandt Avenue around 3 a.m. When officers ordered him to "drop the gun" and he did not, one of the officers shot him in his lower left jaw, according to police. Douse was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police had arrested Douse in a May 16 shooting of a rival gang member at a gas station in the Bronx, a law enforcement source said. Police had charged Douse as an adult in the May shooting that occurred near Boston Road and Jefferson Place.
But witnesses did not want to cooperate so the Bronx District Attorney didn't bring charges.
"There was not enough evidence to proceed with the case," said Steven Reed, a spokesman for the Bronx District Attorney's office. "The witness could not identify the assailant."
The case from May was still open and under investigation, Reed said. Additional information on that shooting was not available on Sunday.
The officers, men ages 26 and 27 joined the force in January. They were taken for treatment to Jacobi Medical Center for ringing in the ears and trauma.
Family and friends gathered at Douse's Washington Avenue building early Sunday afternoon, refusing to talk with reporters. A single white candle was lit in the building entryway.
Gang activity is rampant in the neighborhood, residents said.
There are a lot of gangs here, and a lot of death," said Danilo Batista, 56, who lives across the street from the shooting scene.
Batista said he looked out his window when the shooting occurred. The two officers were walking a beat as police have been doing for months to try to quell gang violence among young teens, Batista said.
The officers, who police have not identified, took cover between two vehicles and yelled at Douse to drop his gun, Batista said. When Douse held onto the gun, the officers fired, he said.
"I heard the police ask him to disarm himself," Bastista said of Douse. "He was chasing another kid."
Batista said he reviewed surveillance video with detectives Sunday morning. Three cameras, two in Batista's building and one on a bodega recorded the scene.
Groups of detectives combed through the area Sunday morning and early afternoon, once breaking up a group of about 20 teens gathering at the shooting site.
Young teens in gangs sometimes using baseball bats to break car windows and even destroy trees along the roadways, Batista said. The police foot patrols, he said, are aimed toward "getting the delinquents off the street."
He probably would not have made his 15th birthday with the life he was leading.
NYPD Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Teen
Two rookie police officers fatally shot a 14-year-old boy in the Bronx early Sunday morning after the teen opened fire on another person, according to the NYPD.
Police officers reported seeing Shaaliver Douse, of the Bronx, chasing another male while firing at him with a 9-mm handgun near East 151st Street and Courtlandt Avenue around 3 a.m. When officers ordered him to "drop the gun" and he did not, one of the officers shot him in his lower left jaw, according to police. Douse was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police had arrested Douse in a May 16 shooting of a rival gang member at a gas station in the Bronx, a law enforcement source said. Police had charged Douse as an adult in the May shooting that occurred near Boston Road and Jefferson Place.
But witnesses did not want to cooperate so the Bronx District Attorney didn't bring charges.
"There was not enough evidence to proceed with the case," said Steven Reed, a spokesman for the Bronx District Attorney's office. "The witness could not identify the assailant."
The case from May was still open and under investigation, Reed said. Additional information on that shooting was not available on Sunday.
The officers, men ages 26 and 27 joined the force in January. They were taken for treatment to Jacobi Medical Center for ringing in the ears and trauma.
Family and friends gathered at Douse's Washington Avenue building early Sunday afternoon, refusing to talk with reporters. A single white candle was lit in the building entryway.
Gang activity is rampant in the neighborhood, residents said.
There are a lot of gangs here, and a lot of death," said Danilo Batista, 56, who lives across the street from the shooting scene.
Batista said he looked out his window when the shooting occurred. The two officers were walking a beat as police have been doing for months to try to quell gang violence among young teens, Batista said.
The officers, who police have not identified, took cover between two vehicles and yelled at Douse to drop his gun, Batista said. When Douse held onto the gun, the officers fired, he said.
"I heard the police ask him to disarm himself," Bastista said of Douse. "He was chasing another kid."
Batista said he reviewed surveillance video with detectives Sunday morning. Three cameras, two in Batista's building and one on a bodega recorded the scene.
Groups of detectives combed through the area Sunday morning and early afternoon, once breaking up a group of about 20 teens gathering at the shooting site.
Young teens in gangs sometimes using baseball bats to break car windows and even destroy trees along the roadways, Batista said. The police foot patrols, he said, are aimed toward "getting the delinquents off the street."
He probably would not have made his 15th birthday with the life he was leading.
? Hmmm, oh yes, he most likely didn't know who his father was. Animals.
