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Officer fatally shoots man on Long Island after 911 call
May 21, 2021
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MANORVILLE, N.Y. (AP) A police officer on Long Island responding to a report of a “suspicious person lying on the back seat of a vehicle” fatally shot the man after a struggle, authorities said Friday.
Suffolk County police said they were investigating the shooting late Thursday night on a residential street in Manorville, about 50 miles east of New York City.
An officer called to investigate the 911 report about the suspicious person engaged him, and a struggle ensued. The officer fired his gun, striking the man,” the police said in a statement.
During the interaction, Mura says police shot into the vehicle, striking the suspect. A white man in his mid-20s was killed according to Mura. Herriott-Sullivan said at least one other person was with the victim when he was shot.
Herriott-Sullivan said someone at the scene had a gun in their possession and a gun was recovered. She said she could not share further details.
Herriott-Sullivan said at least nine shots were fired in total, but could not specify if all were fired by police or if the suspect fired at all.
Herriott-Sullivan stressed that she still has not reviewed all of the video and evidence from the scene.
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