Feb 4 - Exclusive: Surveillance Video Shows Bronx Teen Pursued By Police Moments Before Shooting

As the Bronx community met with the New York City Police Department on Saturday to talk about Thursday's shooting of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham, surveillance video that was released and first aired on NY1 shows the unarmed teenager entering his home moments before he was k!lled.

Authorities say Ramarley Graham fled from narcotics officers who approached him on White Plains Road and 228th Street in Wakefield at around 3 p.m. Thursday.

The officers put over the radio two separate times that they thought Graham had a gun. Police say they ordered the teen to stop but he went into his house on 229th Street.

Officers followed Graham into the house's second-floor bathroom, where the teen was fatally shot and found to be unarmed.

The pursuit was captured on surveillance video released on Saturday by the lawyer of the landlord of Graham's family.

In that video, Graham can be seen walking up to the house and entering through the front door. Seconds later, police officers are seen running up to the house. Some try to kick open the front door, while others search for alternate entrances.

Minutes later, the police entered the house through a first-floor entrance in the landlord's apartment and then opened the front door to let other officers enter.

"Clearly they were intent on getting into the house, they were intent on capturing this young man and they were intent on doing whatever they did. It's unfortunate,” said Neville Mitchell, the attorney for Graham's landlord.

The officers then followed Graham to the second-floor apartment, knocked and then kicked open the door and found Graham in the bathroom, where he was shot moments later.

Mitchell said the officers had plenty of time to calm down before entering the house.

"They're outside for some time in the front. They go to the back, which is where we're standing, and for several minutes this young man is apparently inside the house. And for several minutes there, outside the house, I don't know what they're doing there in terms of communicating with their command, or if they are talking about what's going on," said Mitchell. "What's clear, though, is that there was enough time for them to reflect on what is happening and this tragedy should not have happened."

Graham's six-year-old brother and grandmother were in the home at the time and his little brother is seen on the video being consoled by officers.

Police say they found marijuana in the home and think Graham may have been trying to flush some down the toilet when police entered the home.

Meanwhile, the local community continued to react to the shooting and met with Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson and law enforcement on Saturday afternoon.

“What I told the community was just an outline of how we handle these cases. The fact that our presence is there, from the day of the incident we had[..]istant [district attorneys] there, they were there again yesterday. They've been briefing the chief of the Homicide Bureau,” said Johnson.

The NYPD is reviewing a copy of the surveillance video and is continuing to investigate. In the meantime, a police officer and a sergeant who were on the scene have been placed on modified duty.

NY1 Exclusive: Surveillance Video Shows Bronx Teen Pursued By Police Moments Before Shooting - NY1.com

Remember people... They k!lled him for weed...

Something that is legal in a few states now.

stop saying that they didn't k!ll him for weed they k!lled him because they thought he had a gun which he didn't i hope they fry their[..]es

I know.... But after everything was over the cops tried to say "He was flushing weed..." As if that was justification for their murk.

Ive seen this too often in NYC mane... Its a shame citizens cant arm themselves. NYPD officers are extremely dangerous. My advice is that all citizens try to arm themselves with a firearm in their home to protect their family.

With cops running into your home and murking you for nothing. Strapping up is a MUST.

Im not condoning what the cops did but we as a people always show more outrage when the cops k!ll someone. why not the same rage when that kid gets k!lled on the corner by another kid from the neighborhood. where is the marches for them?

werd black on black youth violence is out of control... There should be more speaking out.

Id love to be an activist some day for the NYC boroughs. Maybe i will someday, when im older wiser.

Why don't you ever see black DT's? they are always shady looking white boys that look like they get coked up on the weekends

Is that a serious question? The police are tasked with serving and protecting the community, young kids are not. That's not to say that it's ok, but the two situations are completely different.

May these pigs burn in hell and go to the dirt as fast as possible, where they belong. !!ing pigs.

So the video clearly shows the kid WALKING into his house. The cops said he was running and they were chasing him. Or did I miss something?

ohh snap the neighbor let them in the building then they kicked in the aparment door and k!lled him so i guess suspicion gives the police the right to do what ever they like..

they lied there was no HOT PURSUIT.

Also the neighbors did not let the officers in, they barged in when they hoped the door.


Blame the war on drugs, "narcotics" officers did this. Enough is enough.

Mr officer crooked officer I wanna put your[..] in a coffin sir.

That's what you got from a 10 second video clip

Don't be naive...clearly he was running to the house...he may have walked up to the porch but he new he was being chased and I[..]ume he was running at some point. Not condoning them for shooting him but lets not act like we were there and we no exactly how it played out. I'm just[..]uming but that's all it is.

Cops are tasked with protecting. They are not all good righteous dudes but they ALL aren't bad neither...if they aren't around the world is a much more dangerous place. Call it a necessary evil I guess.

RIP to the dude sound like he got shot over weed

Personally I think this should have resulted in a stand off... I know that the DEA if a suspect runs into a house especially if the man was in there for several minutes while the police are outside that is suspected of having a fire arm they would not enter with the risk of how many people and weapons could possibly be in there. The DEA would not enter and it'd be a stand off... which would result in the grandmother probably telling the kid to smarten up and give himself up.

nicca they're cops not teenagers

They're supposed to be protecting niccas from !! like this

!! all that. If you're running from the cops, you're RUNNING from the cops. At what point do you stop and casually stroll away?

he prolly was walking home and they shouted him out from a distance cuz he casually walked in the door, that was no hot pursuit.

This ^^^