Cop convicted in shooting death of Akai Gurley
Former New York City Police Officer Peter Liang has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter and official misconduct for the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley in the stairwell of a Brooklyn building in November, 2014.
According to trial testimony, Liang, a 28-year-old Bensonhurst resident, was on foot patrol inside one of East New York’s Louis Pink Houses when he fired his gun into a darkened stairwell, striking 28-year-old Gurley in the chest.
According to District Attorney Ken Thompson’s office, evidence eventually established that the victim was both innocent and unarmed and that Liang was not under any threat that should have caused him to administer his weapon.