New York police fatally shoot 17-year-old after he leaves overpass
New York officials have released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Oscar Granados Colindres by police in Wappingers Falls. He had been on an overpass holding a knife after a call about someone threatening to take their own life; the footage shows him running towards an officer after climbing down from the bridge, when officers opened fire.
The encounter lasted about 50 minutes, though the released footage shows only its final five minutes. At least ten shots can be heard, and video shows officers further down the road also firing. The family’s lawyers say the footage leaves unanswered why the encounter ended in a death, while Colindres’s mother believes trained crisis intervention professionals should have responded.
- Body-camera footage shows the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Oscar Granados Colindres.
- Officers had spoken with him for about 50 minutes on a bridge.
- His family’s lawyers say key questions remain unanswered.
New here? Start with this
A 17-year-old boy, Oscar Granados Colindres, was fatally shot by police officers in Wappingers Falls, New York, during an incident that began with an emergency call reporting someone threatening to harm themselves. Body-camera footage released by officials shows the final moments of the encounter, when the teenager was on an overpass holding a knife.
The incident unfolded over approximately fifty minutes, though the released footage captures only its final five minutes. The video shows the teenager running towards an officer after leaving the overpass, at which point officers fired at least ten shots. Additional officers positioned further along the road also discharged their weapons.
The shooting has prompted questions about how the police response was handled. The teenager's family have raised concerns through their lawyers about why the encounter ended in death, and his mother has suggested that trained crisis intervention specialists should have been involved rather than standard armed police response.
Read the full article at the source →
Originally published by Daily Mail as “Harrowing moment teenage boy, 17, is shot and killed by police officers after he climbed down from bridge”.