Teen Shot and Killed By Police In Far Rockaway Queens New York
According to the NY Post, Three officers fired 14 shots at Dashawn Vasconcellos Saturday night after he ignored orders to drop his weapon, the NYPD said.
Vasconcellos, 18, and two friends were leaving Bayswater State Park in Far Rockaway, Queens NY at about 11:30 p.m. when four cops from the gang unit spotted them, police said.
The officers, who were in an unmarked car at Beach 32nd Street and Beach Channel Drive, jumped out to question them about why they were in the park after it closed for the night
The youths all tried to flee, but one of the cops was able to grab two of them, police said. Vasconcellos managed to run away.
The other three officers chased the teen, who suddenly spun around and aimed the 9mm weapon at them, according to police.
When Vasconcellos ignored repeated orders to drop his gun, the cops opened fire, police said.
A spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's Office said he was hit 11 times.
Three bullets struck him in the back, one in the chest, one in the right arm and the rest in the legs.
Vasconcellos was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital about 45 minutes later.
Police said he had an arrest record for robbery and trespassing and that his gun was recovered at the scene.
His two friends, Derbie Michel, 18, and a minor whose name was withheld, were charged with trespassing and resisting arrest.
Vasconcellos' mother was too distraught to talk to reporters yesterday at a vigil near the entrance to the Beach 41st Street Houses, where he lived.
Family friend Arleaner Cannon said, "He was a good kid. He would not pull a gun at cops. If he had a gun, it was for protection. He's not crazy."
Vasconcellos' next-door neighbor, Axel Figueroa, 31, said the teen, "didn't seem troubled at all."
"He's not the kind of person who would point a gun at anyone," the neighbor said. "Why would you do something crazy, almost suicidal?"
Another resident, who asked not to be identtified, said, "Eleven shots was excessive, it doesn't take that many bullets to take someone down."
R.I.P DASHAWN
BY @JYNXMILLIONAIRE
Tags: cops, down, far, gun, new, queens, rockaway, vasconcellos, york
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Comment by acrid on December 3, 2009 at 5:52pm - rip dashawn.. DAM FAR ROCK IS CRAZY !! I LIVE NOT TOO FAR FROM IT.. LAST STOP OF THE A TRAIN.. RIP STACK BUNDLES SHOUT OUT TO BOOGZ BOOGETZ AND CHINX DRUGS .. FREE BYNOE YOUNG STACK I SEE YOU.. THIS IS A SAD STORY.. FAR ROCK YALL..QUEENS YRS
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Comment by Rawlston on November 28, 2009 at 10:14am - R.I.P ma nigga hope god has murcy on your soul caue these mutha fuckas didnt am pour one out for ya
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Comment by Rawlston on November 28, 2009 at 10:11am
- why is it that every time the cops kill a black youth he is alway a gang member if thats the case them all of us are gang members,,,,,,,,,,,,,,funny hah,,, that i alway laugh when one of these lil white kids go to school an shoot up the place,,,cause there policing us but when that shit happen every boby alays have that stund look on there face's with the same stupid question why did it happen here
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Comment by Lincoln Allan Patch on November 27, 2009 at 10:28am - To miss applebottomz, you preach black women power, and being strong, but there you are popping your ass out in flimsy lingerie, yeah you're a real role model.
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Comment by my name...huh?? on November 24, 2009 at 9:18pm - AS SOON AS POPO SEE YOU GOT A GUN YOU BETTA DROP THAT SHIT CAUSE IF YOUR RAISE UP OR NOT THEY CAN LIGHT YA ASS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE....REGARDLESS IF YA HEAT IS POINTED AT THE GROUND THEY WILL GET AWAY 100% WITH FILLIN YA ASS UP WITH FULL CLIPS....and i forgot one more thing....FUCK THE COCKSUCKIN POICE, EAT SHIT AND DIE YOU EVIL JIZZ LOVING FAGGOT PIGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by HazeInMyDutch on November 24, 2009 at 9:05pm - RIP Dashawn
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Comment by PREY2K8 on November 24, 2009 at 3:52pm - once dude pulled out and heard the shots go off he coulda started runnin again thats why he was hit in the back!!!
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Comment by DAE DAE the OLOGIST on November 24, 2009 at 12:51pm - I don't know... Cops are dirty now a days. Me and my younger brother have had guns pointed dead in our face by cops panicking because they don't understand us or are afraid or just don't like us. If we where dumb enough to run, we might be in the news too full of bullet holes. This kid may have had a gun and tried to run to avoid jail but I seriously doubt he pulled it on the cops. I think they caught him, they searched him and found a gun, he broke for it, and as all nervous/ racist cops do....Shot him and put the gun back on him. I just bet 100 to 1 that none of the cops where black!
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Comment by A.b on November 24, 2009 at 11:55am - shouldnt hav pulled his 9 ...
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Comment by Josh on November 24, 2009 at 10:59am - hmm spose they had to do it.
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