Wally Camara, a 49-year-old employee of a Bronx convenience store and an immigrant from Mali, was shot and killed on August 9, 2016. The day began with a disturbance when 30-year-old Efrain Guzman entered the N&A Food and later the A&M Deli, behaving aggressively and demanding money. Camara, who had worked at his store for about a decade, ran across the street to help the deli workers during the altercation.

Two NYPD officers arrived and escorted Guzman out. Guzman managed to wrestle a gun from one officer’s holster and fired. Camara was struck in the thigh, taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, and died of the wound. Guzman was shot by an officer and later arrested and indicted; court filings say he was on PCP and expressed remorse. Camara’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging inadequate police training and unsafe holsters.