Officers Matthew Cianfrocco and Salvatore Alongi arrived at the family’s home after a 911 call from 19-year-old Winn Rozario, who claimed he was in distress.
Bodycam footage released by the New York State Attorney General shows the officers walking calmly to the second floor, where the man’s mother and brother direct them to the kitchen.
But once the officers entered, Rozario grabbed a pair of scissors and lunged at the officers. The officers immediately fired a taser, which momentarily stunned Rozario. In an instant, it’s pandemonium.
The officers pleaded with the woman to stand back as she attempted to disarm Rozario. Meanwhile, his brother begged the officers not to shoot.
Eventually, Rozario’s mother was able to get the knife out of his hands but the moment she backed away, the officers fired a second taser. And with that, Rozario became enraged. He grabbed the scissors again and lunged at the officers, who backed up. In the struggle there was a gunshot.
As the family wrestled to disarm Rozario, he raised the scissors again and that’s when the video appears to show Officer Cianfrocco firing four shots, even as it appears Rozario can barely stand. He then slumped to the kitchen floor, mortally wounded.