NYPD officer pleads not guilty in fatal Akai Gurley shooting
A rookie police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to manslaughter, official misconduct and other charges in the accidental shooting death of a man in a darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex.
Officer Peter Liang appeared briefly in a Brooklyn courtroom packed with officers as the charges were unsealed. He also was charged with criminally negligent homicide and assault. He was released without bail.
The victim, 28-year-old Akai Gurley, was killed on Nov. 20 while visiting a public housing complex inBrooklyn’s gritty East New York neighborhood to get his hair braided. Liang had less than two years on the job, including his time at the police academy.
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