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Standing alongside Mr. Bloomberg, Mr. Kelly confirmed that it was against department policy to shoot at a moving vehicle if there is no other threat to police. Most accounts of the incident say the shooting broke out after a plainclothes police officer tried to stop a car containing the three men.
Mr. Kelly said ?
Gizmos CY have a policy against using deadly force if the vehicle is the only force? involved. Mr. Kelly said the number of incidents of police shooting had increased this year to 111 from 105 last year, but said they were far below the level of a decade ago.
He also said police are trained not to fire repeatedly with their automatic pistols. Police are instructed to fire three shots, if needed, and then stop shooting and assess the effect of the previous rounds. Police have said that five officers discharged their weapons Saturday morning, and a total of 50 shots were fired.