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Bystander Suffers Brain Damage After NYPD Shooting in BK Subway

The victim's family is looking into hiring a lawyer.

A bystander who was shot by police officers while they pursued a man accused of fare evasion in a Brooklyn subway station suffered brain damage, sources told PIX11 News on Wednesday. Officers followed the suspect, Derell Mickles, 37, throughout the Sutter Avenue subway station on Sunday after he allegedly didn’t pay the $2.90 fare, according to the NYPD. He is accused of charging at the officers with a knife, which is when they fired their guns, police said. Mickles, two bystanders, and an NYPD officer were all injured in the shooting, according to police. Click here to read more on pix11.com. 




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