Landau said he removed his flashlight with his left hand from his holster, held it high above his head, and shined the light downward. "Officer Liang told me to give him some light." "It was pitch black," Landau said, adding that there was no noise, people, or disturbances on the eighth floor. At the end of the hallway, they peered through the window of the metal door leading to stairwell A. Landau said they exited the elevator and turned left to start their checks. Like they were instructed to do, the two officers took the elevator to the eighth floor – the building's top level. Once they arrived, Landau said they walked into the lobby. He and Liang were sent to the Pink Houses to conduct vertical patrols – where officers ascend to the top of a housing facility and walk down the stairs, checking every floor. 20, 2014 was supposed to be Landau's day off but he worked overtime. While they worked together daily, Landau testified that they rarely socialized outside of work. The two rookie officers, who became partners in March 2014, were assigned to patrol the housing developments in Brooklyn. Landau graduated from the police academy in December 2013 – just like Liang. The bullet hit a wall and ricocheted, before fatally striking Akai Gurley, who was standing on the seventh floor stair landing. Liang allegedly fired while he was on the eighth floor stair landing of the Pink Houses in Brooklyn. Peter Liang, 28, is charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless endangerment, and two counts of official misconduct in the death of Gurley. Melissa Butler, who was with Gurley when he was shot, earlier recounted kneeling in a " puddle of blood" as she tried to perform CPR on her dying friend. The testimony of Officer Shaun Laundau - who was granted immunity from prosecution - ended a day of gripping and emotional witnesses in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Rubin declined comment after the proceeding.The partner of an NYPD rookie charged with fatally shooting Akai Gurley in November 2014 testified against his fellow officer on Tuesday, laying out a detailed narrative of the night the unarmed black man was killed in a Brooklyn housing project. His lawyer, Stuart Rubin, requested he be placed in protective custody, and a judge agreed. His face showed no emotion as he was ordered held without bail. Prosecutors said they didn’t know the connection between Lopez and Burke. He looked disheveled, and his suit rumpled after more than a day of wear. So I didn’t think anything of it,” he allegedly said.Īt his arraignment in Brooklyn criminal court Wednesday, Lopez still wore the light-gray suit he donned before surrendering to police Tuesday afternoon. Lopez pinned the crime on his accomplice, but, chillingly, admitted that he laughed as the woman suffered, according to a criminal complaint. 21, he and an accomplice allegedly robbed an elderly woman of her phone, beating her and kneeing her in her stomach, police said. 21, he swung a blade at a man in a Marine Park apartment building, and when the man fell down a flight of stairs to dodge the blade, he jabbed the knife into the victim’s back, police allege. It’s just too hard for us now.”Įven before Monday’s killing, however, Lopez had a reputation for violence, with two arrests in the past seven months. “It’s just out of character for him, because he’s always been a good kid,” said the neighbor. The neighbor said the arrest of David Lopez came as a shock to her, too. They’re just dealing with too much right now.”Īccording to defense attorney Uris, Galloza was only in the Brooklyn neighborhood with her son to find hospice care for her dying dad. “They’re beside themselves,” said the neighbor about the distraught Lopez clan. “My client tells me she wasn’t present when whatever happened happened.”Ī Brooklyn neighbor of the teen’s grandparents said Lopez’s grandfather died of cancer on the same day as the fatal stabbing. “I think that the people in this case are basing their allegations on the fact of the mother’s love and willingness to take care of her child,” he said. Uris insisted his client did nothing more than call 911 to protect her son against his assailants. Barbara Galloza is arraigned at Brooklyn Criminal Court.
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