'48 Hours' Spotlights Case Of Pace University Football Player Shot, Killed By Cop Outside Bar

“48 Hours: Defending DJ,” a special airing on CBS Saturday, Dec. 1, tells the tragic story of one of the most publicized fatal shootings ever in Westchester.

Danroy "DJ" Henry, the victim of an Oct. 2010 police shooting outside a bar in Pleasantville
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Valerie Musson

12/01/2018 8:00 a.m.

Danroy “DJ” Henry, a 20-year-old Pace University football player, was shot and killed by Pleasantville police officer Aaron Hess outside a bar in October of 2010.

Correspondent James Brown will take viewers on a journey back to that fatal night, featuring candid interviews with friends and family members in the ongoing search for answers.

While Henry’s family has received a $6 million settlement as a result of the wrongful death case, it still yearns for answers it may never know.

“48 Hours: Defending DJ” airs Saturday, Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

Click here for a sneak preview of the documentary.

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