Complaint #201809776,
August 2, 2018

Summary

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on August 2, 2019, [redacted] his sons [redacted] and [redacted] and their friends [redacted] and [redacted] got into an argument with a group of unidentified individuals in front of [redacted] in Manhattan. One of these individuals produced a gun. [redacted] and [redacted] fled from this individual, running into the building and shutting themselves into the [redacted] family's apartment, [redacted]. The shooter followed them to the building's third floor and shot at them. The bullets struck the door of the neighboring apartment, [redacted]. Numerous officers responded to the shooting, including Deputy Inspector Michael Shugrue, Lieutenant Kimberly Motto and Police Officer Kingsley Joachim of PSA 6. Deputy Inspector Shugrue summoned ESU to the location and directed them to enter [redacted] (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority - Entry of premises, [redacted]). The ESU officers allegedly told the apartment's occupants, "Get the fuck down" (Allegation B: Discourtesy - Word, [redacted]). They then forced their way into the apartment and searched through it (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority – Search of premises, [redacted]). The six civilians were removed from the apartment, placed in handcuffs, and transported to the 24th Precinct stationhouse (Allegations D-I: Abuse of Authority - Retaliatory arrest, [redacted]). Afterwards, Lieutenant Motto re-entered the apartment (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority – Entry of premises, [redacted]; Allegation K: Abuse of Authority – Search of premises, [redacted]).
The civilians were questioned about the individual who had shot at them. While at the stationhouse, [redacted] allegedly asked two officers for their shield numbers: Police Officer Nikaurys Martinez of PSA 6 (Allegation L: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to provide shield number, [redacted]) and an unidentified officer (Allegation M: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to provide shield number, [redacted]) for their shield numbers. The officers allegedly ignored the request. [redacted] and [redacted] were... Read report for details.