By Scott R. Axelrod
Staten Island Advance, N.Y.
NEW YORK — Police have released body-cam footage showing the moment a lieutenant fatally shot a man who allegedly pointed a gun at officers on a Brooklyn street after ignoring multiple commands to drop his weapon, the Daily News reported.
The incident occurred on Sunday, Oct. 5 just after 9 a.m. , when Lt. Richard Custodio and five other officers responded to a 911 call reporting a violation of an order of protection and harassment at a residential building on East 86th Street near Avenue B in East Flatbush, the report said.
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According to the outlet, as officers arrived at the location, Bacchus walked past them with his hands in his hoodie pockets. He then turned left and continued down the sidewalk.
The body-cam footage shows Bacchus standing in the street facing officers as Lt. Custodio yells “drop it” 10 times.
As Custodio approached, Bacchus began backing toward the curb while holding a gun in his left hand. Bacchus raised the weapon slightly and pointed it toward Custodio, who then fired a single shot. Struck in the chest, Bacchus fell onto the curb in visible pain, the report said.
“He had a firearm in his hand,” NYPD Assistant Chief Francis Giordano , commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, told reporters following the incident.
“He was ordered numerous times, multiple times to drop that weapon. After repeated warnings were given to drop his weapon, the subject did not comply with those orders.”
Officers provided medical assistance, handcuffing Bacchus before performing CPR and rushing him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. According to police, they recovered a loaded firearm at the scene, the report said.
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