A 65-year-old, knife-wielding man killed by NYPD officers in Queens shrugged off a blast from a taser and turned toward a group of people before he was fatally shot in the back, body-worn camera footage released by the state attorney general’s office Friday shows.
The two officers involved in the incident were not disciplined by the NYPD. The state attorney general’s office released the body camera footage as it continues its investigation into the matter.
“Yo! Drop the f—ing knife!” one officer screamed at Jesus Alberto Nunez Reyes as he threatened a woman while holding a small knife with a yellow handle at his side during the April 20 clash on Roosevelt Ave. near 103rd St. in Corona.
The two officers were patrolling Roosevelt Ave. about 4:20 a.m. when the heated argument between Reyes and a 49-year-old woman caught their attention .
Body camera footage shows the cops being directed to Reyes, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, as he argued with the woman in Spanish near a KFC. Several people were standing nearby as the two argued.