Death by Cop- 2022

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Daniel Rivera

Case # :1379

Gender : Male

Age : 39

Race : Latinx

Date : 12/04/2022

Location : 161st St+Summit Ave

City : New York

County : NY

State : New York

Agency : NYPD

Officer(s) :Michael Menese, Travis Andre, Gustavo Ocho, Jack Lopez

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after car chase for stolen car

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Police allege that Daniel Rivera had stolen a car and they were chasing it. Rivera allegedly got out and ran into the woods near Yankee Stadium, fired shots at police and fled. Police caught up with him and executed him with 29 bullets. All family members expressed disbelief at the official police narrative, stating that Rivera did not drive cars and would not be in this situation.

The officer who led the shooting, Michael Menesis, had shot and killed Gambian immigrant Abdou Jallow just the previous year via a stray bullet that hit him when the man was praying in a mosque and Menesis was shooting at someone else nearby.

Source Links :

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bronx-man-dies-police-shooting-20221211-a64dvow6uvhodclce5tp5kqi6i-story.html

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-generals-office-special-investigation-opens-investigation-civilian-22

https://nypost.com/2022/12/04/nypd-cop-involved-in-shooting-in-the-bronx/

https://localtoday.news/nj/man-dies-after-shooting-with-nypd-in-bronx-cop-in-previous-shooting-107311.html