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Attorney general opens investigation into man shot dead by NYPD in Brooklyn

Jessy Edwards

Published Nov 2, 2023

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Jessy Edwards

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The state attorney general's office is investigating a Wednesday incident in which police fatally shot a Brooklyn man they suspected of killing two people on Sunday, according to a press release.

By law, the attorney general investigates every incident in which a police officer may have caused a death.

Police fatally shot Jason Pass, a 47-year-old former state correction officer and former MTA subway conductor, after stopping him in a car pulled over on Bay 44th Street on Wednesday morning, according to the NYPD.

Police said they were looking for Pass as the suspect in the murders of Bladimy Mathurin, 47, and his stepson Chin Wai Mode, 27, in their apartment building in East Flatbush.

Around 7:10 a.m. on Wednesday, a police patrol car equipped with a license plate reader drove by Pass’ car around Bay 44th Street and Bath Avenue in Brooklyn, the NYPD said.

The reader notified officers that the driver of the car was “possibly wanted for murder,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said at a news conference Wednesday morning.

Maddrey said the officers called for backup and swung back around to stop Pass’ car. Pass then got out of his car, “displayed a knife and fled on foot,” according to a statement from an NYPD spokesperson. The officers chased Pass to 187 Bay 44th St., where the spokesperson said they “were able to isolate and contain him.”

Police said the standoff lasted about 15 minutes, while officers urged Pass to drop his knife. They said he suddenly charged toward them with his knife and officers fired multiple rounds, hitting Pass in his leg and chest. Maddrey said “numerous” responding officers at the scene fired their guns out of concern “for their own safety.”

The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is also investigating the incident.

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Jessy Edwards

Jessy Edwards covers incarceration and public safety. Before working at Gothamist/WNYC, she covered daily and breaking news at NBC New York and Brooklyn news at BK Reader. Got a tip? Email [email protected].

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