This action arose out of the shooting of plaintiff Darrel Flores by Police Officer Joseph Erbetta in Washington Heights on May 1, 1991 at approximately 1:45 P.M. A Firearms Discharge Review Board report concluded that Mr. Flores, then 17 years old, had acted together with one Telmo Ruiz and another in "accosting" a man with whom the three had engaged in an earlier dispute. Plaintiff was standing near Ruiz, who was holding a gun to the man's neck as the police approached....
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