The officer accused of shooting and killing Raymond Chaluisant in the Bronx is a firearms instructor.
on charges of second-degree murder, and first- and second-degree manslaughter. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.Prosecutors alleged Middleton shot into a car near the Cross Bronx Expressway and Morris Avenue around 1 a.m. on July 21st. At least one bullet struck and killed passenger Raymond Chaluisant.
Police later recovered a toy gun that shoots gel beads. Middleton’s union has said he fired his weapon after he felt something hit his back and was scared for his life. Middleton fled the scene and later that day reported to work, where he was apprehended by police, according to prosecutors. The correction officer, who joined the department in 2013, has been suspended without pay. He had been assigned to the department’s gun range, where he was working as a firearms instructor.took effect last year that requires the state attorney general’s office to investigate deaths at the hands of police and peace officers, including jail staff.