A Queens grand jury on Friday indicted the Briarwood man who was shot in his home on Jan. 26 after advancing toward police officers with a large knife.<\/p>\n
Jabez Chakraborty, 22, was later arraigned in his bed at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he remains in recovery from four gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
He has been charged with first-degree attempted assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and is due to appear again on March 11. The office of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said he faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n
Chakraborty has a history of mental issues. The family and even Mayor Mamdani have been saying that the case should not be prosecuted.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs alleged, the defendant tried to attack a police officer while holding a large knife, ignored repeated commands to drop the weapon, and then forcibly pushed through a door the officer was using as a shield to protect himself,\u201d Katz said in Friday\u2019s press release. \u201cThe officer then discharged his weapon and hit Jabez Chakraborty four times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her statement says police ordered him at least eight separate times to put the knife down.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs prosecutors, we are duty-bound to follow the facts, evidence and circumstances where they lead us, including in cases that have a mental health component. These decisions, however, must be thoughtful, deliberative and based on the expertise of mental health professionals. Dispositions can take vastly different forms, and I will use the resources of my office to address the unique needs in this case while upholding my responsibility to keep this borough safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Published reports state that Queens Supreme Court Justice Jessica Earle-Gargan set bail at $50,000. The DA\u2019s office requested remand, but Earle-Gargan cited Chakraborty\u2019s lack of prior criminal convictions.<\/p>\n
A family member had called 911 on Jan. 26 requesting an involuntary removal. A recording the call released on Feb. 3 included a 911 operator informing her that police and EMS both are dispatched for such calls.<\/p>\n
Katz\u2019s description reflects a segment of body camera footage that was released the same day as the 911 recording.<\/p>\n
The video shows officers being let into the house upon their arrival, at which time Chakraborty grabs a knife and walks toward the cops with a family member unable to restrain him.<\/p>\n
The family has been speaking through Desis Rising Up and Moving, an advocacy for the city\u2019s South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities.<\/p>\n
The family has called for removing police from such responses. Julie Chakraborty, Jabez\u2019s mother, made a statement through DRUM Friday evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a nightmare,\u201d she said on Facebook. \u201cWe didn\u2019t need police, we just needed medical transport. When we called 911 for an ambulance, we never could have imagined that we would end up here today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJabez and our family were safe in our home until the NYPD arrived. Now Jabez is recovering from multiple surgeries, handcuffed to a hospital bed. He has a long, difficult recovery ahead. Now, DA Katz wants to put him in prison. Hasn\u2019t he suffered enough? Locking him up will destroy his life. All we want is for him to be able to heal.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NYPD asserts that the video and the 911 recording support their officers\u2019 actions and disprove multiple claims by the family.<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani, questioned at an unrelated press conference, repeated his belief that Chakraborty should not be charged. He also pushed again for the creation of his proposed Department of Public Safety, which he has yet to flesh out in detail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not directly spoken with the district attorney,\u201d Mamdani said in a video posted by Channel 7 Eyewitness News. \u201cI will say, however that no family should have to endure this kind of pain. What they need right now is care, dignity and support. Jabez should not be prosecuted by the Queens district attorney.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Queens grand jury on Friday indicted the Briarwood man who was shot in his home on Jan.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[22532,9,24,17712,63,122,124,123,22529],"class_list":{"0":"post-133442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-central","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-north","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news","16":"tag-queenswide"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}