On May 28, 2009, 25-year-old off-duty NYPD officer Omar Edwards was shot and killed in East Harlem after pursuing a man who was breaking into his car. Edwards, a Black officer who had served two years with the department, chased the suspect with his service weapon drawn. A plainclothes team from the 25th Precinct in an unmarked car arrived, saw a man in street clothes running with a gun and moved in. Officer Andrew Dunton fired six shots, striking Edwards; Edwards died at Harlem Hospital less than an hour later. A detective later found Edwards’s police academy t-shirt and shield in his pocket, confirming his identity at the scene.

The man Edwards had been pursuing, Miguel Goitia, was arrested nearby, later pleaded guilty to charges related to the break-in and received a one-and-a-third years sentence. A Manhattan grand jury reviewed testimony from 20 witnesses and 68 pieces of evidence and declined to indict Officer Dunton; the District Attorney’s office cited evidence that Edwards had pointed his gun at Dunton. Dunton was placed on administrative duty and remained subject to an internal NYPD disciplinary review. Omar Edwards was posthumously promoted to detective.

Are there details from that night or the investigation readers can add that might clarify what happened during the encounter?