AG launches investigation into fatal police shooting in Far Rockaway

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation (OSI) launched a probe into the death of2 9-year-old Chez Fray, who was fatally shot during an encounter with the NYPD in Far Rockaway on Dec. 21.

Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway responded to a 911 call of a domestic dispute inside an apartment building at 1170 Nameoke St. at approximately 12:35 a.m.

According to the NYPD, when officers arrived at the building, they went to the fourth-floor hallway, where they encountered Fray holding a boxcutter. The two female officers ordered him to drop the boxcutter, but he refused to comply and advanced towards the officers. One officer fired her stun gun and moments later the second officer discharged her service weapon, striking Fray once in the chest.

Fray was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead…

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