Feb 2
2018
Buffalo police cleared in fatal shooting
Daniela Porat provided analysis for WGRZ on a report released Thursday by the state attorney general on the fatal shooting of Jose Hernandez-Rossy by Buffalo police last May. The report concluded that police had legal justification to use deadly force as Hernandez-Rossy fled police because they believed – mistakenly – that he had a gun and had shot one of the officers in the ear. The officer’s injuries were caused, in fact, by the impact of an airbag in Hernandez-Rossy’s vehicle. Hernandez-Rossy’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Buffalo. The investigation is the second time[...]