
Former NYPD officer cleared of murder, manslaughter in shooting of childhood friend
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Former New York City Police Officer Errick Allen, 30, was acquitted Thursday of murder and manslaughter in the 2020 shooting of Christopher Curro.
Allen was off duty when he shot Curro, his friend from elementary school in North Massapequa. New York state Attorney General Letitia James' office investigated the shooting because it involved a police officer.
Prosecutors from James' office said during the five-week trial that Allen shot Curro "execution style" in the head, the neck and the arm following an exchange of angry text messages. Defense attorney Anthony La Pinta said Curro had attacked Allen and tried to grab his NYPD-issued gun. La Pinta called the shooting a "classic case of self-defense," Newsday reported.
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