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Officer Who Shot Man Dead In Westchester Won't Face Charges: NY AG
Although a police detective who fatally shot a man in Westchester following an incident at a grocery store will not face charges, the New York Attorney General's Office has recommended his department update its training and policies. In an announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 18, New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office of Special Investigation revealed the results of its investigation into the shooting of 37-year-old New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris during an incident that happened in New Rochelle on July 3, 2023. Earlier Report - Man Shot Dead By Cop: Ful…
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New Video Shows Moments Leading Up To Fatal Shooting Of Hudson Valley Man By
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Newly released body camera footage shows the tense moments that led to a New York’s man’s death at the hands of police. The Sullivan County incident happened in the town of Thompson, on Rock Hill Drive, at around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16. New York State Police said troopers were pursuing 32-year-old Orange County resident Albert Melendez, of Middletown, when Melendez stopped and attempted to turn around at the intersection of Rock Hill Drive and Emerald Place. Earlier Report: Man From Region Killed By State Trooper After Striking Officer With Car, Police Say A trooper exited…
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New Update: Man Charged With Trying To Murder Officer At Northern Westchester Home
A 38-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge after trying to stab an officer in the back at a Northern Westchester residence, police announced. Armonk resident Joseph Spennato was arraigned at Westchester Medical Center on Tuesday evening, May 28 in connection with his alleged attack on an officer at his home on Monday, May 20, the Westchester County Police Department announced. Earlier Report - Man Shot By Officers On Hallock Place In Armonk According to the department, Spennato's arrest resulted from an incident at his Armonk home on Hallock Place that began around …
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Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting Of Elite Fencer At NY Home Under Investigation By NY AG
An officer-involved shooting at a Long Island home that killed an elite fencer is under investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office. The agency’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) has opened a probe into the death of Alan Weber, who was shot to death by a Suffolk County Police officer inside an Elwood home Tuesday night, Oct. 10. Officers responded to the home, located on Mander Lane, at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday after a neighbor called 911 saying a man was acting violently, according to Suffolk County Police. Earlier Report: Police Shoot, Kill Sword-Wielding …
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New Update: Officers Involved In Fatal Southeast Shooting Get No Charges, AG Says
Two officers who fatally shot a man in the Hudson Valley while he was stabbing a woman have been cleared of any criminal charges by the New York Attorney General's Office. On Friday, Sept. 15, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation announced that no charges would be filed in the January 2023 fatal officer-involved shooting of 34-year-old Christopher Torres in the Putnam County town of Southeast. Earlier Report - NY AG To Probe Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting Of Carmel Man In Southeast On the day of the incident, Tuesday, Jan…
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'To Know Him Was To Love Him': Man Shot Dead By Cop In Westchester Remembered
A 37-year-old man who was killed in a police shooting in Westchester is being remembered as a loving father who was devoted to his son and family. New Rochelle resident Jerrel "Cee2" Garris, age 37, died on Monday, July 10 after spending a week in a coma at Westchester Medical Center following a shooting incident on Monday, July 3. Earlier Report - New Update: Man Shot By Cop In New Rochelle Dies, Attorney General Says On the day of the incident, Garris was shot by New Rochelle Detective Steven Conn after he allegedly grabbed another officer's gun to try and remove it…
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Fatal Police Shooting: Detective's Actions Were 'Necessary,' APA Of Westchester Says
As the New York Attorney General’s Office investigates a fatal police-involved shooting in Westchester, a law enforcement organization is saying that the choice to fire a shot likely saved officers' lives. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, July 12, Detective Keith Olson, President of the Affiliated Police Associations of Westchester, said that the police shooting of New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris on Monday, July 3, was "necessary" in potentially saving the lives of New Rochelle officers involved in the incident. Earlier Report - New Update: Man Shot By Cop…
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New Update: Man Shot By Cop In Westchester Dies, Attorney General Says
A 37-year-old man who was shot by a detective in Westchester while allegedly resisting arrest has died in the hospital, officials said. New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris, age 37, died on Monday, July 10 in a local hospital after being shot by Detective Steven Conn in an incident on Monday, July 3, the New York Attorney's General Office announced on Tuesday, July 11. Earlier Report - New Update: Names Of Suspect, Officers Involved In Shooting In New Rochelle Released According to the office, State Police, and New Rochelle Police, the incident happened around 4:3…
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New Update: Man Shot By Cop In Westchester Still Alive, Police Say: NY Rep Retracts Statement
New, updated report: New Update: Man Shot By Cop In New Rochelle Dies, Attorney General Says This story has been updated. A man who was shot by a detective in Westchester after allegedly resisting arrest is still alive in a hospital, police said, prompting a New York congressman to retract a claim that he had died. New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris, age 37, remains at Westchester Medical Center in critical condition after being shot by Detective Steven Conn in an incident on Monday, July 3, New York State Police Trooper Aaron Hicks said on Friday, July 7 around 2 p.m…
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New Update: Names Of Suspect, Officers Involved In Shooting In Westchester Released
New, updated report: New Update: Man Shot By Cop In New Rochelle Dies, Attorney General Says Authorities have released more details about an incident in Westchester involving a man being shot by a detective while allegedly resisting arrest. The incident happened on Monday, July 3 around 4:30 p.m., when a grocery store in New Rochelle reported a theft to police and gave officers a description of the suspect. Earlier Report - Man Shot By Officer After Resisting Arrest, Grabbing Gun In New Rochelle: Police Police then located the man matching this description, iden…
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Man Shot By Officer After Resisting Arrest, Grabbing Gun In Westchester: Police
New, updated report: New Update: Names Of Suspect, Officers Involved In Shooting In New Rochelle Released A man was shot by authorities after allegedly grabbing an officer's gun while resisting arrest in Westchester, police said. The incident happened on Monday, July 3 around 4:30 p.m., when a local business in New Rochelle reported a possible theft to police and gave officers a description of the suspect. Once police arrived in the area, they then found a man matching this description walking close to the store on Lincoln Avenue near North Avenue and went to arrest him, a…
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Gunman In NY Trooper Shooting ID'd As 32-Year-Old Parolee; Incident Captured On Bodycam
New Update - NY State Police Trooper Shooting: Woman Who Drove Vehicle Facing Multiple Charges An officer-worn body camera captured the moment a convicted felon out on parole opened fire on a New York State Police trooper during a traffic stop in upstate New York. Emergency crews in Schenectady County were initially called at around 11:15 a.m. Friday, June 16, with reports that a trooper had been shot on I-88 in the town Duanesburg. According to State Police, the incident began when the trooper stopped an SUV near Exit 23 after observing the vehicle going more than 100 miles per hour. As…
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Officers Involved In Fatal Shooting ID'd After Domestic Incident In Putnam County
The names of the officers who fatally shot a man in the Hudson Valley after a domestic incident have been released by police. Earlier Report - ID Released Of Carmel Man Killed By Police After Domestic Incident In Southeast The two Putnam County Sheriff's Office officers who shot the man dead in Southeast on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to prevent him from attacking a woman with a knife have been identified as Senior Investigator Randel Hill and Deputy Shane Haley, according to state police. Hill and Haley shot and killed 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres&nb…
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NY AG To Probe Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting Of Carmel Man In Southeast
The New York Attorney General's Office has announced that it will look into the death of a man who was fatally shot by police in the Hudson Valley after a domestic incident. Earlier Report - ID Released Of Carmel Man Killed By Police After Domestic Incident In Southeast The investigation, announced on Thursday, Jan. 12, will probe the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres, who was shot dead by police in Putnam County on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to prevent him from attacking a woman with a knife. Torres was killed following a domestic incident that began …
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ID Released Of Man Killed By Police After Domestic Incident In Putnam County
The identity of a man who was fatally shot by police to prevent him from killing a woman he had abducted has been released. Earlier Report - Update: Woman Saved In Police Shooting In Southeast Hospitalized With Severe Injuries State Police identified the man as 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres, who was shot dead by police in Putnam County on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to prevent him from attacking a woman with a knife. The incident began on Amawalk Road in Kent when Torres abducted a woman in a domestic dispute and then drove to Southeast. There, police found Tor…
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Update: Woman Saved In Police Shooting In Putnam County Hospitalized With Severe Injuries
Police have provided an update on the condition of a woman who was rescued from certain death after her attacker was shot and killed by authorities. Earlier Report - Man Shot Dead By Officers To Stop Him From Stabbing Woman In Southeast, Authorities Say The woman was involved in a domestic incident on Tuesday, Jan. 10 that began in Putnam County on Amawalk Road in Kent when she was abducted by her attacker in a domestic incident, who then drove to Southeast. There, police found the man's vehicle on Fields Corner Road near Pugsley Road, where the suspect began attackin…
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Off-Duty Deputy From Vermont Shot By Police In Upstate NY (Video)
A Vermont sheriff’s deputy survived being shot multiple times by police following an early-morning shootout in upstate New York. The incident, which was captured on officer-worn body camera footage, happened at around 3 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 in Saratoga County, near Broadway and Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs. Police said the off-duty deputy was attacked by a group of six people, prompting him to pull a gun. That’s when one of the men in the group fired, leading to an exchange of seven or eight gunshots, police said. The shootout was heard by several Saratoga Springs police officers,…
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Video Shows Hero Officer From Northern Westchester Fatally Shoot CT Man Who Killed 2 Cops
A chilling bodycam video shows a hero police officer who had been shot as he takes down the suspect who allegedly killed two other cops in Connecticut. The dramatic video released by the Connecticut Inspector General's Office investigating the shooting, shows the moment Bristol Police Officer Alec Iurato, who was already shot in the leg during an ambush, calls for backup and shoots and kills the alleged suspect. The incident took place around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in a residential neighborhood in Bristol near the headquarters of ESPN. Iurato is a New York native who graduate…
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Surviving Officer Shot In Double-Fatal CT Incident Graduated From HS In Northern Westchester
The surviving Connecticut police officer injured while responding to a call that killed two of his fellow officers is a native New Yorker who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester. Alec Iurato, age 26, now a resident of Bristol in Hartford County, graduated from Yorktown High School in 2014. Iurato underwent surgery for a gunshot wound and was released from the hospital on Thursday, Oct. 13, police said. Yorktown High School Principal Joseph DeGennaro said in a Twitter post that Iurato was a "terrific" role model, standout baseball player, and "an even better person." Earli…
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Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call
Two Connecticut police officers who were gunned down and killed when responding to an apparent domestic dispute may have been lured to the home by a fake 911 call. Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin DeMonte, age 35, and Officer Alex Hamzy, age 34, both young fathers, were killed and 26-year-old Alec Iurato was injured, around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in a residential neighborhood in Bristol, said the Connecticut State Police. State police said a preliminary investigation has found that Bristol Police received a 911 call reporting a possible domestic violence incident between two siblings at 3…
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IDs Released For Officers Involved In Double-Fatal Connecticut Shooting
Updated story: Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call Two Connecticut police officers who were fatally shot and one seriously injured during a call for a domestic incident have been identified. The incident took place in Hartford County around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12 in Bristol, near the headquarters of ESPN. Sgt. Christine Jeltema of the Connecticut State Police said at a press conference Thursday, Oct. 13 that the three officers responded to 310 Redstone Hill Road for a reported domestic violence incident between two people. When office…
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Cause Of Death Under Investigation For Northern Westchester Man After Cops Shot During Standoff
A man is dead and two officers were hospitalized after being shot during a 12-hour standoff in Northern Westchester. At about 12:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, the New York State Police responded to a residence in the Town of Cortlandt on Quaker Bridge Road in the village of Croton-on-Hudson for a report of a barricaded subject armed with a gun. Troopers, in conjunction with the Westchester County Police Department, established a safe perimeter around the residence and crisis negotiators attempted for nearly 12 hours to convince Christopher Pesavento, age 50, to peacefully surrender, said stat…
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IDs Released For Troopers Involved In Fatal Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Man In Hudson Valley
The identities have been released of the two New York State Police troopers who were involved in an incident in which one of them shot and killed a man armed with a knife in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened on Saturday, Sept. 9 in Ulster County. State Police and the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to assist the Ulster County Mobile Mental Health crisis team at a residence in the town of Wawarsing located on Clark Road. When responding patrols arrived, they encountered a distraught man, later identified as 41-year-old Daniel K. McAlpin, who was inside the re…
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Man Armed With Knife Shot, Killed By Trooper During Incident In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A man was shot and killed by a trooper after threatening an officer with a knife during an incident in the Hudson Valley, according to New York State Police. It happened on Saturday, Sept. 9 in Ulster County. State Police and the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to assist the Ulster County Mobile Mental Health crisis team at a residence in the town of Wawarsing located on Clark Road. When responding patrols arrived, they encountered a distraught man, later identified as 41-year-old Daniel K. McAlpin, who was inside the residence and armed with a large knife, said st…
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NY Woman Killed By Her Own Dog In Backyard Attack
A 70-year-old New York woman was killed by the family's 100-pound pit bull that was later killed by police. The Long Island incident took place in the hamlet of Albertson in North Hempstead on Wednesday, July 27 around 1:20 p.m. in the backyard of a home on Terrace Court. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said during a news conference the woman's husband came home and found the dog attacking his wife in the backyard. The woman's identity was not released. The 7-year-old dog had been owned by the woman's stepson who was recently killed in a motorcycle crash, Ryder said. The …
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ID Released For Detective Shot During Sting Operation In Westchester
A veteran police detective in Westchester is recovering from surgery after being shot during an FBI anti-gun task force sting operation. The Yonkers Police Department said that Det. Brian Menton, a 27-year-veteran of the force who was a week from retiring, was shot at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 in a small grocery store near the intersection of Elm Street and Linden Street in the city. Earlier story - New Details Released After Officer Shot, Hospitalized In Yonkers At the time of the shooting, Menton, who was assigned to the Westchester County Safe Streets…
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New Details Released After Officer Shot, Hospitalized In Westchester
New details have emerged after a police officer in Westchester nearing his retirement was shot by a suspect during a weapons investigation. In Yonkers, an officer and suspect were both taken to area hospitals after a shooting in the area of Elm Street and Linden Street in the city, police announced shortly after 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. Original report: Police Report Shooting Involving Officer In Yonkers According to officials, members of the Yonkers Police Department and an FBI agent were conducting a gun investigation and attempted to apprehend three suspects in a bode…
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Man Armed With Knife Critically Injured In Officer-Involved Shooting In Hudson Valley
An investigation is underway by state police after a man allegedly armed with a knife was critically injured after being shot by an officer at a Hudson Valley apartment complex. It happened in Dutchess County at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 27, at The Views at Rocky Glenn in the town of Fishkill. The man who police said was the "assailant," was shot by members of the town of Fishkill Police, said Trooper AJ Hick. The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was transported to Westchester Medical Center in critical condition and one woman was transported to a local hospital with non-life-t…
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Officer Suffers Head Injury, Man Shot During Incident In Westchester, Police Say
A man was shot and a police officer injured during an alleged suicide-by-cop confrontation in an apartment building in Westchester County, authorities said. The incident took place around 12:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 17 in Yonkers. Five Yonkers PD officers responded to an apartment building at 52 Main St. for a 911 report of a man waving a gun on the third floor threatening people, Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller said. When officers arrived, gunshots were exchanged and the 24-year-old suspect was shot once in the calf, Mueller said. According to Yonkers Police, when initial contact w…
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Officer-Involved Shooting Leaves Hudson Valley Man Injured, State Police Say
A Hudson Valley man who fired at police was shot in the neck by officers after being located in a wooded area, according to authorities. The shooting took place at 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 12, when New York State Police responded to a domestic incident in Orange County in the town of Deerpark. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, prior to the troopers arriving at the residence, the unidentified man fled the area and ran into the woods. Troopers began a search for the suspect, who they located in the woods near the area of Route 209. After being located, the suspect began to shoot a…
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Investigation Launched After Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Hudson Valley
An investigation is underway after a fatal officer-involved shooting in the Hudson Valley. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 12 in Orange County, in the Town of Wallkill. Officers responded to a reported dispute on Schutt Road and Avenue A. According to Town of Wallkill Police Chief Robert Hertman, "During an ensuing encounter with a suspect, a Town of Wallkill police officer discharged his service weapon, striking the subject at least once. After officers rendered emergency first aid, the suspect was transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, where he was pronou…
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