Albany, New York - Accusations of cold-blooded murder are being charged at two officers who killed a 19-year old man after a short struggle on the night of December 29th.
Police chief Steven Krokoff opened a news conference about the subsequent event to the public, but within a short amount of time it became a shouting match. One of the people, a woman, yelled "They're killing our kids" while City Council President Carolyn McLaughlin tried to get the crowd to calm down.
The victim, 19-year-old Nahcream Moore, was wanted for skipping parole. Police officers say while taking Moore into custody he saw him pick up a firearm while he fought with a police officer.
The driver of the SUV, 20-year-old Willisa Marshall, said she never saw Moore reach for a weapon of any kind. Instead she said the officers "tussled" with him on the sidewalk as soon as he got out of the passenger side."
"He did what they asked and got out the car. And once he got out the car they tussled with him," Marshall said. "Two seconds later gunshots start going off." She said believes Moore was shot in the face while he was on the ground, but admits to not seeing it actually happen. She added "They turned him over and shot him in the face. I heard it and I knew it. That's where he was at when the shots when off. They brought him down to the ground. I didn't see any gun and if he did have one, I'm sure he didn't approach them with it."
Marshall said about the stop, conducted by officers Jason Kelly and Gregory Mulligan, that "The police did not pull us over. We did not get chased by no police," Marshall said. "We was not even in motion. The car was not even in drive."
His friends say they don't believe he would've been armed with a gun and one of them said he believed there is a cover-up.
Jovaughn Morant, a friend of Moore's since he was 13, said about the incident "They're saying he did something wrong and they shot him." When asked if he thinks his friend had a gun, he answered "I want to see a gun."
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