Overview
- Jabez Chakraborty, 22, remains hospitalized on a ventilator after multiple surgeries following the Briarwood shooting.
- The NYPD says officers were called to an involuntary removal, were allowed into the apartment, and opened fire only after he advanced with a large kitchen knife as they tried to retreat.
- Family representatives say they requested only an ambulance for medical transport and did not expect police to respond.
- Queens prosecutors have indicted Chakraborty on attempted murder, and he is under police guard in the hospital, while his family is urging the district attorney not to pursue the case.
- Relatives and advocates also allege phones were taken and immigration questions were asked; the NYPD disputes that and says phones were seized later at the DA’s direction after a review found no such questioning on body-camera video.