Legal Opinion
Claudio v. Sawyer
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 23, 2009No. 08 Civ. 8994(DC)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
On October 21, 2007, at approximately 5 a.m., Jayson Tirado and two friends were in a car on the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Tirado was driving. An accident in the vicinity of 117th Street caused traffic to be diverted off the drive. As Tirado was exiting on 116th Street, he cut off another vehicle, driven by defendant Sean Sawyer, who, unbeknownst to Tirado and his friends at the time, was an off-duty police officer. Tirado and Sawyer exchanged words, and an encounter ensued. It ended when Sawyer drew a pistol and shot and killed Tirado. Sawyer, who…
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