Overview
- Police say two officers responding to a father–son dispute encountered the 29-year-old with a box cutter, ordered him to drop it, used a Taser, then fatally shot him when he advanced.
- Relatives identify him as Chez Fray and dispute that he fought his father or charged officers, claiming one officer told her partner not to shoot.
- The episode was recorded on body cameras that have not been released, and the family is demanding the footage.
- The NYPD’s Force Investigations Division is reviewing the shooting, and the attorney general’s Office of Special Investigation has begun a preliminary assessment.
- The family says they sought help for erratic behavior after marijuana use, fueling calls for alternative crisis responders, while the father was detained for hours and later released.