Harrowing moment teenage boy, 17, is shot and killed by police officers after he climbed down from bridge
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Shocking body-cam footage captured the moment a police officer shot a teenager in upstate New York.
The incident took place after cops received a call about a person threatening to take their own life on a bridge in Wappingers Falls, according to the New York State Attorney General's Office.
When deputies arrived, 17-year-old Oscar Granados Colindres was standing on the ledge of an overpass bridge while holding a knife.
The released body-cam footage shows the last five minutes of the conversation Colindres had with one of the officers in Spanish.
At least five policemen can be seen in the middle of the road across from the boy, and another handful were positioned further down the road.
One officer can be seen standing a few feet away from Colindres.
The teen was sitting on the bridge as the officer asked him about his family, his sisters, and asked the boy to reconsider his choice.
Towards the last few minutes of the 50-minute long interaction, the officer asked Colindres to close the knife he had in his hand.
New York State Attorney General's Office released body-cam footage of the night Oscar Granados Colindres, 17, was shot
Multiple officers opened fire after one of them had a fifty minute conversation with Colindres
Oscar Granados Colindres, 17, attended Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls, New York where he lived with his family, according to his obituary
'Look, they won't move unless I tell them they can move,' the officer said in Spanish and gestured towards the rest of the police standing by, the footage showed.
Shortly after, the boy got off the bridge and ran towards the officer he had been speaking to.
Police then opened fire and shot at the boy. The footage shows Colindres getting struck and falling to the ground.
At least ten gunshots can be heard in the footage.
The audio from the body-cam footage of the deputy who was further away was redacted, but the video showed them open fire from their position further down the road from Colindres and the rest of the police.
Attorneys Vince Sykes, Randolph McLaughlin and Debra S. Cohen who represent Colindres' family issued a statement on their behalf Thursday morning.
'The release of footage is an important step toward transparency, but it does not provide a complete account or answer the family’s central question: Why did an encounter intended to save Oscar’s life end with officers shooting him to death?' The attorneys said in a statement, according to Times Union.
The statement continued: 'Oscar’s mother believes her son would still be alive had trained crisis intervention professionals responded instead of police.'
Colindres' obituary reads: 'Oscar attended Myers Corners and Sheafe Road Elementary Schools as well as Roy C. Ketcham High School. He loved playing soccer and had great interest in classic cars and automotive hobbies.
His dreams included becoming a professional soccer player, joining the U.S. Military, and traveling throughout the world to visit other countries. He attended Harvest Church in Wappingers Falls.'
The boy's family set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for memorial donations.
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