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Daniel Rivera
Gender : Male
Age : 39
Race : Latino/a/e
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
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://nypost.com/2022/12/04/nypd-cop-involved-in-shooting-in-the-bronx/
