After a more than yearlong review, the state attorney general’s office announced investigators will not seek charges against the two officers who fired their weapons in the fatal East Flatbush shooting of Christin Emile.
On May 12, 2024, Emile was shot six times by NYPD officers, including in the back and in the head. The shooting unfolded as Emile ran from officers telling him to stop.
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State Attorney General Letitia James will not pursue charges against the police officers involved in the 2024 fatal shooting of Brooklyn man Christin Emile
Investigators say Emile was armed with a gun and ran away from police
For Emile’s mother, Tarnisha Woolard, the decision not to pursue charges was deeply disappointing. For more than a year, she’s led protests over her son’s death
His family insists Emile was trying to get away from the officers, but not hurt them
Police say a loaded 9mm gun was found on the ground where Emile fell.
For Emile’s mother, Tarnisha Woolard, the decision not to pursue charges was deeply disappointing. For more than a year, she’s led protests over her son’s death.
“It’s just hard to take into existence that this is what we’re going through right now,” she said.
Two officers and a sergeant were on a routine patrol when they spotted several men arguing, and officers moved to arrest Emile when they saw he had a gun, according to the state attorney general’s report.
The report noted officers “could use deadly force if they reasonably believed it was necessary to defend themselves or another against Mr. Emile’s imminent use of deadly force.”
But Emile family attorney M. K. Kaishian believes, “There was no attempt at deescalation, or less lethal uses of force, even though a taser was deployed. In this case, it was deployed simultaneous to the actual shooting.”