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Jesse Campbell

Age : 44

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/15/2025

Location : Hylan Boulevard and Eltingville, near Andrew’s Diner

City : Staten Island

County : Richmond

State : New York

Agency : New York Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by off-duty officer during confrontation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/15/2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., a 911 caller reported a man with a gun behind Andrew’s Diner on Hylan Boulevard in the Eltingville/Great Kills area of Staten Island. The man, later identified as 44-year-old Jesse Campbell, left the immediate area of the diner before uniformed officers arrived.
Two off-duty NYPD officers then encountered Campbell on nearby William Avenue. According to NYPD Assistant Chief Melissa Eger, one of the off-duty officers saw Campbell holding what appeared to be a firearm and alerted the second officer. Police said both officers repeatedly ordered Campbell to put the weapon down. Surveillance video captured at least part of the encounter. NYPD officials said Campbell instead pointed the object toward the officers. One of the two officers, subsequently described by law-enforcement sources as an off-duty female NYPD detective assigned to the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau, fired multiple rounds and struck Campbell.
The officers provided medical aid after the shooting. EMS transported Campbell to Staten Island University Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Police recovered the object Campbell had been carrying and determined that it was not a firearm but a highly realistic BB or imitation handgun. Photographs subsequently released by police showed a handgun-style BB gun with tape wrapped around part of the grip.
Later reporting provided significant additional context concerning Campbell’s condition before the encounter. Law-enforcement sources said Campbell had a substantial documented mental-health history and told his mother and sister earlier that day that he wanted police to kill him. Sources therefore characterized the shooting as a possible suicide-by-police encounter. Campbell had recently participated in Staten Island Mental Health Treatment Court following a 2023 criminal case. Those reported statements about Campbell’s intentions came from law-enforcement sources rather than an independently released recording or statement from Campbell himself.
The NYPD Force Investigation Division opened an internal investigation into the shooting. On 08/19/2025, the New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation separately announced that it had opened an investigation into Campbell’s death, as required for deaths potentially caused by police officers. The Attorney General identifies the case as occurring in Richmond County and involving the NYPD.
As of 08/08/2026, the Attorney General’s OSI case index continues to list Jesse Campbell’s case with an “Investigation announcement” but no investigative report or notification of findings, indicating that OSI has not publicly posted a final determination in the case. I found no publicly reported criminal charge, departmental discipline, civil wrongful-death lawsuit, or settlement arising from Campbell’s shooting through that date.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2025/08/off-duty-nypd-officer-shoots-man-with-gun-in-encounter-on-staten-island-street-source.html
https://nypost.com/2025/08/15/us-news/off-duty-cop-shoots-dead-man-armed-with-bb-gun-after-confrontation-outside-staten-island-diner
https://apnews.com/article/c6d1edb031f8ded1b898dd5b3f3e2019