Overview
- Body-camera footage shows Jabez Chakraborty pick up a kitchen knife, advance on officers, breach a closed door and get shot four times after commands to drop the weapon.
- Chakraborty, 22, remains in critical condition on a ventilator after multiple surgeries, according to his family.
- The Queens district attorney is investigating, with reports indicating prosecutors are weighing an attempted murder charge, and the office declined to comment.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani viewed the video, expedited its release and says the case underscores his push for a Department of Community Safety, while noting police would respond when violence is present.
- Family members and advocates say they requested an ambulance and allege phone seizures and immigration questions; the NYPD cites an involuntary removal request triggering a police response and says phones were reviewed at the DA’s direction, with the video not showing post-shooting interactions.