Man Fatally Shot by Police After Threats on Upper East Side

Fatal Police Shooting on Upper East Side

• 🎯 Elijah Brown, 20, was fatally shot by police on the Upper East Side after allegedly pointing a gun at several people and threatening a hospital.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Brown's family states he was visiting relatives and seemed fine hours before the incident, describing the surveillance video of him with a gun as foreign to them.
• 💔 The family believes Brown was going through something and is confused by his actions, noting he had no history of mental illness.

Sequence of Events

• 🏢 Police report that Brown first pulled a gun on a man in an elevator in an apartment building on Madison Avenue near East 106th Street.
• 🛍️ He then allegedly went to a deli, stole a worker's phone at gunpoint, and continued south on Madison Avenue.
• 🏥 Brown reportedly stopped at Mount Sinai Hospital, left his gun outside, and then entered the hospital to confront an off-duty police officer.

Confrontation and Aftermath

• 🚨 Surveillance video shows Brown turning his gun on police just past East 96th Street, leading to the fatal shooting.
• 🔍 Detectives are investigating the incident, with police considering it a possible suicide by cop.
• 🚫 The NYPD stated that Elijah Brown had no prior arrest record or previous interactions with the police.