Body Cameras Show NYPD Fatally Shooting Win Rozario, Man Who Was Holding Scissors

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New York|Body Cameras Show Police Fatally Shooting Queens Man Holding Scissors https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/nyregion/win-rozario-shooting-body-camera-nypd.html Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The man, Win Rozario, 19, had called 911 and seemed to be in mental distress, officials and his family said.
The police said they had “no choice” but to shoot Win Rozario, who was killed on March 27, but his brother, who was there, said the officers did not have to shoot him
The man, Win Rozario, was declared dead at a hospital after the shooting on March 27, the police said.
The police arrived at Mr. Rozario’s home in Ozone Park that day in response to a 911 call for someone in mental distress, which officials said they believed Mr. Rozario had placed himself while in “mental crisis.”