Jarring NYPD Bodycam Video Of Fatal UES Shootout Released

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — New York Attorney General Letitia James this week released body-worn camera and surveillance footage of a police shooting on the Upper East Side that left a 31-year-old man dead last fall.

The footage, released Monday by the Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation, captures a Nov. 13 encounter between NYPD officers and Elijah Brown, who was fatally shot near East 96th Street and Madison Avenue after firing a handgun at officers, according to police.

According to James, officers were responding to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun near East 107th Street and Madison Avenue around 7:03 p.m. and were searching the area when they encountered Brown.

At a Nov. 13 press conference, police said Brown had brandished a firearm at multiple people along Madison Avenue. He allegedly pointed the gun at a person in an elevator, threatened a deli worker and said he intended to "shoot up" Mount Sinai Hospital before entering the hospital, where he struggled with an off-duty NYPD officer working security.

Officers located Brown at East 96th Street and Madison Avenue around 7:30 p.m., at which point he immediately began firing at them, NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera said.

Officers returned fire, striking Brown. Emergency responders transported him to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police recovered a handgun at the scene, and several officers were taken to a hospital for evaluation.

The footage release comes as OSI continues to investigate the shooting. The unit is responsible for examining incidents in which police officers or peace officers may have caused a person's death in New York state.

James previously directed OSI to publicly release video evidence obtained during its investigations as part of an effort to increase transparency and strengthen public trust in cases involving police use of force.

Under New York Executive Law Section 70-b, OSI reviews every incident in which law enforcement may have caused a person's death through an act or omission.

See the footage here.

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