NEW YORK Officers shot and killed an 18-year-old man believed to be armed, New York police said Tuesday, but he was only hiding a hairbrush.
Officers in New York early Tuesday guard the scene of a police shooting that left a teen dead.
The circumstances of how it occurred at this point are under investigation, and you can rest assured that we will take this very seriously, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, according to The Associated Press.
The Monday night shooting followed a 911 call from the man’s mother, said New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne.
In the 911 recording the son, Khiel Coppin can be heard saying I’ve got a gun, I’ve got a gun, Browne said.
The 911 operator asked the mother if there was a gun involved and she responded you heard it from his mouth, said Browne.
After officers arrived at the mother’s Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment, the teen refused to stop as he approached police with a black object in his hand hidden under his shirt, Browne said. Police then fired 20 shots at the teen, killing him, said Browne. But he said Coppin was found unarmed and only carrying a black hairbrush.
The boy didn’t have any gun, he had a brush on him, said Andre Wildman, a neighbor who told CNN that he saw the shooting.
Damn its a shame that a life had to be taking in this situation, I guess u cops now realize that not every 18 years old carries a gun, some just like to stay fresh.
