The New York Attorney General's Office is investigating after a scooter-riding drug suspect was killed when a NYPD officer hurled a picnic cooler at him from close range, causing a deadly crash.
The NYPD says a man fleeing a drug bust crashed his motorcycle and died after a police sergeant threw a cooler at him in an attempt to stop him.A man fleeing New York City police officers on a motorcycle died Wednesday after a sergeant hurled a plastic picnic cooler at his head from close range, causing a violent crash, authorities said.
Surveillance video viewed by The Associated Press showed Duprey driving the gas-powered motorcycle on a sidewalk toward a group of people, including the sergeant, who was not in uniform. Reached by phone, Duprey’s mother, Gretchen Soto, told The Associated Press the police narrative was "all lies," insisting her son was not selling drugs or trying to evade officers. She said she was on a video call with him from Puerto Rico on Wednesday when suddenly the screen went dark.
She said Duprey lived in the Bronx, worked as a delivery driver and had three children, ages 3, 5 and 9.New York Attorney General Letitia James' office, which has jurisdiction to probe deaths involving police, is investigating. The NYPD said it is cooperating.
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