New York corrections officer Dion Middleton, 45, was charged with murder after he allegedly shot Raymond Chaluisant, 18, in the face as the New York teen was reportedly in a water gun fight with some friends in the Bronx.
Raymond Chaluisant, 18, was found unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the face from a weapon fired by Dion Middleton, who was off duty, in the Bronx near the intersection of the Cross Bronx Expressway and Morris Avenue at around 1:35 a.m. Thursday, a New York Police Department spokesperson told The Washington Post.
Middleton, 45, was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.A spokesperson with the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, the union that represents him, did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Friday. It’s unclear whether Middleton has an attorney.that Middleton has been suspended without pay and faces termination if he’s convicted.
While authorities have not said what they think the motive might be, investigators said they were looking into whether a bead-blaster gun that was found on Chaluisant contributed to the fatal shooting. The toy gun shoots water gel pellets.There was no evidence as of early Friday that Chaluisant fired or aimed the toy gun at Middleton before the corrections officer shot and killed the teen, authorities said.
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