Family Demands Accountability After NYPD Fatally Shoots Teen in Mental Health Crisis

Family's Plea for Justice

• 💔 15 months after the deadly police shooting of Win Rosario, his family rallied outside NYPD headquarters demanding accountability.
• 🕯️ Rosario's mother, Eva Costa, described the horrific scene where her 19-year-old son was tased and fatally shot by NYPD officers in their Queens home.
• 🗣️ She recounted begging officers to stop tasing her son, who was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time.

Circumstances of the Shooting

• ⚠️ The family acknowledges Rosario had scissors but states he did not have them after the initial taser deployment.
• ⚡ Officers deployed the taser a second time before firing the fatal shot.
• ⚖️ Rosario's father, Francis Rosario, stated that NYPD officers should not be allowed to "create a crisis, then cry victim."

Demands and Investigation Status

• 📝 The family has filed a lawsuit, though the NYPD has not yet been served.
• 📢 Their demands include holding the officers accountable, revealing the names of other officers involved, updating the family on investigations, and securing a meeting with the mayor.
• 🔍 The NYPD stated that the investigation by the force investigation division remains ongoing.
• 💬 The Police Benevolent Association president defended the officers, stating they were forced to make split-second decisions based on perceived risks and deserve a fair investigation.