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Bystander shot by police at Brooklyn subway station has brain damage: sources [View all]
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/bystander-shot-by-police-at-brooklyn-subway-station-has-brain-damage-sources/BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A bystander who was shot by police officers while they pursued a man accused of fare evasion in a Brooklyn subway station suffered brain damage, sources told PIX11 News on Wednesday.
Officers followed the suspect, Derell Mickles, 37, throughout the Sutter Avenue subway station on Sunday after he allegedly didn’t pay the $2.90 fare, according to the NYPD. He is accused of charging at the officers with a knife, which is when they fired their guns, police said.
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Mickles, two bystanders, and an NYPD officer were all injured in the shooting, according to police. The 49-year-old bystander was shot in the head, sources said. The bystander, identified by his family as Gregory Delpeche, was heading to work when shots rang out. Delpeche had surgery to reduce swelling in his brain.
His family is looking into hiring a lawyer.
Officers followed the suspect, Derell Mickles, 37, throughout the Sutter Avenue subway station on Sunday after he allegedly didn’t pay the $2.90 fare, according to the NYPD. He is accused of charging at the officers with a knife, which is when they fired their guns, police said.
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Mickles, two bystanders, and an NYPD officer were all injured in the shooting, according to police. The 49-year-old bystander was shot in the head, sources said. The bystander, identified by his family as Gregory Delpeche, was heading to work when shots rang out. Delpeche had surgery to reduce swelling in his brain.
His family is looking into hiring a lawyer.
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