Bah v. City of N.Y.

CASTEL, U.S.D.J.

This action arises from the fatal police shooting of Mohamed Bah, an emotionally disturbed person, who, at the outset of the encounter, was alone behind a locked door of a Manhattan apartment. When the door was opened and police entered, Bah was holding a large kitchen knife. What transpired thereafter is predominately the subject of conflicting witness testimony and forensic evidence. There is no dispute that three officers, members of the Emergency Services Unit ("ESU") of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), fired their weapons at Bah.

The action, brought by Oumou…