Prosecutor filings detail fatal Akai Gurley shooting by NYPD in Brooklyn stairwell
A rookie police officer was arguing with his partner over who should call their supervisor in the chaotic moments after he’d accidentally fired his gun into a darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex, and he did nothing to help when he discovered later that he’d mortally wounded an unarmed man, the prosecution says in court papers.
Officer Peter Liang is charged with manslaughter in the Nov. 20 death of Akai Gurley in the Louis Pink Houses in Brooklyn. He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyer notes the shooting was an accident.
Prosecution motions released Tuesday gave these details: