Bronx DA clears NYPD officers in 2019 friendly fire shooting
by Jim Mustian, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 9, 2021 8:40 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 9, 2021 at 8:44 pm EDT
NEW YORK No charges will be filed against a half-dozen New York City police officers who in 2019 opened fire while another officer and an armed man struggled on the grounds of a Bronx housing project, prosecutors said Friday.
The barrage of gunfire from both NYPD Officer Brian Mulkeen and his fellow officers, unleashed within eight seconds, left both 27-year-old Antonio Williams and Mulkeen himself dead.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark said the officers had been justified in approaching Williams and firing more than a dozen rounds after the man reached for a loaded revolver.
Bronx DA clears NYPD officers in 2019 friendly fire shooting
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