What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 2014
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 40.65° N, 73.95° W
- Description
- police shooting
- Injured
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Killing of Akai Gurley
2014 police shooting in New York City
Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on November 20, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, by a police officer. Two police officers, patrolling stairwells in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)'s Louis H. Pink Houses in East New York, Brooklyn, entered a pitch-dark, unlit stairwell. Officer Peter Liang, 27, had his firearm drawn.
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