New York City Officer Is Said to Be Indicted in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley - NYTimes.com

New York City Officer Is Said to Be Indicted in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley - NYTimes.com: "The police officer who fired the shot that killed an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project in November has been indicted, according to three people familiar with the grand jury proceedings.

Peter Liang, 27, who had been on the force for less than 18 months, was patrolling a darkened stairwell at the Louis H. Pink Houses in East New York when he shot and killed Akai Gurley, 28. Less than 12 hours after the shooting, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton acknowledged that the shooting had been a grave error."

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