Conflicting Stories in NY Police Shooting of Teen
Police say he pulled a gun on them. Witnesses say the boy was running away from them.
Officers and detectives were on East 52nd Street in East Flatbush all Sunday, investigating the police-involved shooting of a teenager Saturday night.
Police officers say two cops were on patrol with the Brooklyn South Anti-Crime Unit, when they noticed a group of teens just before 11:30 p.m. standing outside one of the houses here.
They say one of the boys 16-year-old Kimani Gray broke away from the group and suspiciously adjusted his waistband.
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