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By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In addition to Sergeant Pajerski’s body cam, at least two videos of the scene are circulating on the Internet. Not only has a police shooting made history in Oneonta, it’s making statewide history, too. A new department in the state Attorney General’s Office, the Office of Special Investigations, created by Executive Order 147 after George Floyd’s death last May 25, opened its door on April 1, according to Sofia Quintanar, the AG’s deputy press secretary. The office is empowered to “investigate and, if warranted, prosecute … a polic...

Witzenburg asks citizens to not pass judgement on the incident until the facts and actions can be made public

The yellow police tape has been removed. The front lawn is empty. And the windows are shuttered; there's no sign anyone is home. Along this stretch of River Street in Oneonta, not far from the eateries, bars, art galleries and boutiques that help shape the business center of this upstate New York college town, it's a quiet spring afternoon. On the weathered, sagging slate-colored steps leading up to a century old multi-family house, a small bouquet of pink flowers in purple and green plastic wrap is the only sign of the violence that unfolded here 24 hours earlier. It began with a domestic...

Upstate NY Officer Shoots, Kills Knife-Wielding Man During Domestic Incident: Police A neighbor of the victim who witnessed the shooting said the man had been holding a baby in one hand and a knife in the other when police arrived — that's when a scuffle broke out and the baby was somehow dropped as a woman and police were trying to take the child from him Published 4 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago NBC 4 New York An upstate New York police officer investigating a domestic incident shot and killed a man who was armed with a knife, state police said. The Oneonta Police Departme...

Update: Names Released in Oneonta Shooting Update on 4/8/21 New York State Police have released the name of the Oneonta man shot in a domestic violence case on River St. in Oneonta on Tuesday afternoon, along with the name of the police officer who fired two shots at the suspect involved. The man who was shot twice by City of Oneonta Police officer Ralph Pajerski was identified as 23-year-old  Tyler R. Green  of Oneonta. No other details in the case have been released and the investigation is ongoing. ------------------------------------- UPDATE as of 7:15 p.m.: At this evening Oneonta Comm...