Times Square shooting: Video shows jittery, slo-mo drama

By Amy Hubbard

Aug. 13, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Visceral video footage making the Internet rounds drops viewers into the scene of the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man by New York police.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;As the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, New York police killed 51-year-old Darrius Kennedy in a very public &amp;lt;a href=”http://161.35.110.226/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-police-shoot-times-square-20120812,0,4240240.story”&amp;gt;shooting in Times Square&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The incident began with Kennedy allegedly smoking pot in the middle of Times Square. By the time it was over, Kennedy had a large knife in hand, and a phalanx of police officers was following him -- guns raised -- while onlookers trotted alongside with their camera phones.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;In video of the incident, onlookers call out for Kennedy to lie down. He doesn’t. The street is filled with slow-moving police officers all focused on Kennedy, who is stepping backward. The sound of multiple gunshots is heard.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;According to news accounts, police said they pepper-sprayed Kennedy six times and he didn’t surrender but lunged at them. That’s when they opened fire.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Members of Kennedy’s &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/family-deranged-man-fatally-shot-cops-times-square-upset-deadly-force-article-1.1134880”&amp;gt;family told the New York Daily News&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; they were upset about the shooting -- “it doesn’t take 12 bullets to kill one person.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;But Kennedy also threatened officers in a similar incident in 2008, &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/thug_had_done_it_before_Z3WFEdFnsyqE4l0SfhH77H”&amp;gt;according to the New York Post&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly pointed out the earlier incident, the Post reported, saying Kennedy had been arrested “for doing roughly the same thing with a screwdriver in Manhattan.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://161.35.110.226/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-watercraft-jfk-20120813,0,4950952.story”&amp;gt;Boater jumps security fence at JFK airport&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://161.35.110.226/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-billy-graham-hospitalized-20120813,0,3978116.story”&amp;gt;Billy Graham, 93, hospitalized and responding well to treatment&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://161.35.110.226/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-woman-fiance-stabbing-wedding-day-20120813,0,6342814.story”&amp;gt;Wedding day stabbing: Pennsylvania woman accused of killing fiance&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Join Amy on &amp;lt;a href=”https://plus.google.com/100297624521192505928?rel=author”&amp;gt;Google+&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; and &amp;lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/AmyTheHub”&amp;gt;Twitter&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

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