VALHALLA, N.Y. — A college student who was at the scene when a schoolmate was shot to death by police said Thursday that the killing was “over the top, aggressive and unnecessary,” joining a chorus of witnesses who say police mishandled the situation.
“None of it made sense to me,” said Robert Coulombe, a Pace University senior.
Danroy “D.J.” Henry, of Easton, Mass., was killed early Sunday after police were called to a disturbance that spilled out of a bar in Thornwood, N.Y.
Police have said that Henry, a 20-year-old Pace football player, sped away and hit two officers after a policeman knocked on his car window.
His family’s attorney said Wednesday that witnesses contradicted that account and said paramedics ignored Henry, handcuffed and dying, to attend to injured officers.
A union representing one of the officers who fired on the car, Pleasantville Officer Aaron Hess, said Thursday that Hess “acted in accordance with his training and as required under the circumstances,” the Journal News reported.
