Victims’ Families Sue New York City in Fatal 1995 Police Shooting
Saturday,March 7, 2009
Victims’ Families Sue New York City in Fatal 1995 Police
ShootingBy JOHN ELIGON
The fatal police shooting of the two young men occurred away from the public eye, in a Bronx apartment 14 years ago. But the outrage and the various investigations that followed all took place very much in the open.
No criminal charges were ever filed, but in a civil case on Friday, the two detectives involved and the city were under scrutiny again in what might be the final public chapter in this drama.
The detectives, Patrick J. Brosnan and James Crowe, were investigating a robbery when they shot and killed two cousins, Anthony Rosario and Hilton Vega, in a barrage of 28 bullets. Most of the shots were fired into the victims’ backs.
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