FILE – New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during the New York State Democratic Convention on Feb. 17, 2022, in New York. New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
State Attorney General Letitia James announced a probe by her office Tuesday into the Bronx police shooting over the past weekend that left a knife-wielding man dead.
The AG’s Office of Special Investigation, which examines incidents of police use of force across the Empire State, has launched the inquiry into the incident at a 7-Eleven store in Throggs Neck on Sept. 9 in what, police determined, was an apparent robbery attempt.
While investigating the reported heist, a member of the 45th Precinct shot the knife-wielding man, a Bronx resident in his 30s, after he allegedly charged at the officer with the weapon.
The fired bullet struck the man in the chest; he later died from his injuries at near by Jacobi Hospital.
The commencement of the investigation does not necessarily infer that the officers involved in the shooting did anything wrong. The OSI, according to the Attorney General’s office, “assesses every incident reported to it where a police or a peace officer, including a corrections officer, may have caused the death of a person by an act or omission.”
Police officials said the trouble began at the 7-Eleven at about 2:10 p.m. on Sept. 9, when the suspect walked into and began pacing back and forth between the front and the rear of the location.
Citing information provided in the preliminary investigation, Assistant Chief Benjamin Gurley reported that one of the employees inside the location then briefly left the location to meet with a relative. When the employee returned to the shop, the worker apparently spotted the…
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