<p>The family of a Black man killed by police during a supermarket shooting in upstate New York are demanding justice after authorities released footage Wednesday of the tragedy.</p>.<p>Police in Rochester, New York have repeatedly come under fire in the past year over episodes, particularly involving African-Americans, that raised questions about their use of force.</p>.<p>Simran Gordon, 24, was shot dead on October 6 when Rochester officers were called to respond to a robbery. The two videos were captured by the officers' body cameras.</p>.<p>In the first video, an officer enters the grocery store, draws his weapon and asks Gordon to take his hands out of his pockets. The officer approaches and repeats the order.</p>.<p>Gordon is then seen fleeing through the aisles, pursued by the officer. When the officer catches up with Gordon, the image becomes jumbled as the officer is off-balance. Several shots are heard close together.</p>.<p>"Drop the gun!" the officer shouts at Gordon, who is on the ground and obviously hit by the bullets.</p>.<p>In the other video, the second officer arrives from another direction and kneels down on level with Gordon's face. He is facedown and moaning.</p>.<p>With her foot, she appears to remove an object from his hand, saying: "I got it."</p>.<p>New York state attorney general Letitia James said Wednesday that releasing the footage "is not an expression of any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of any party."</p>.<p>Rochester police had released a captioned version of the videos Tuesday, saying that Gordon had been armed and fired the first shot.</p>.<p>But several members of Gordon's family told local media they don't believe the police version. "It wasn't an exchange of fire. It wasn't a shootout. It was a complete and total murder," Gordon's uncle, Lyndon Gordon, said on several local news channels.</p>.<p>The family's lawyer, Yousef Taha, told AFP that the videos' release "leaves us with more questions than answers."</p>.<p>"We call upon the Attorney General's Office to conduct a complete and transparent investigation into his death," Taha said. "We will continue to seek justice for Simran and his family."</p>.<p>Gordon's death is the latest incident that has brought Rochester police under scrutiny.</p>.<p>In March, body-cam video showed Rochester officers forcing a Black woman, holding her three-year-old daughter, to the ground and pepper-spraying her.</p>.<p>Protests broke out in Rochester in September 2020 after the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man.</p>.<p>Prude was walking naked, high on drugs, when police put a hood over his head to prevent him spitting, then held him face-down on the pavement until he stopped breathing. He died a week later.</p>.<p>A medical examiner ruled Prude's death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indict any of the officers involved.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The family of a Black man killed by police during a supermarket shooting in upstate New York are demanding justice after authorities released footage Wednesday of the tragedy.</p>.<p>Police in Rochester, New York have repeatedly come under fire in the past year over episodes, particularly involving African-Americans, that raised questions about their use of force.</p>.<p>Simran Gordon, 24, was shot dead on October 6 when Rochester officers were called to respond to a robbery. The two videos were captured by the officers' body cameras.</p>.<p>In the first video, an officer enters the grocery store, draws his weapon and asks Gordon to take his hands out of his pockets. The officer approaches and repeats the order.</p>.<p>Gordon is then seen fleeing through the aisles, pursued by the officer. When the officer catches up with Gordon, the image becomes jumbled as the officer is off-balance. Several shots are heard close together.</p>.<p>"Drop the gun!" the officer shouts at Gordon, who is on the ground and obviously hit by the bullets.</p>.<p>In the other video, the second officer arrives from another direction and kneels down on level with Gordon's face. He is facedown and moaning.</p>.<p>With her foot, she appears to remove an object from his hand, saying: "I got it."</p>.<p>New York state attorney general Letitia James said Wednesday that releasing the footage "is not an expression of any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of any party."</p>.<p>Rochester police had released a captioned version of the videos Tuesday, saying that Gordon had been armed and fired the first shot.</p>.<p>But several members of Gordon's family told local media they don't believe the police version. "It wasn't an exchange of fire. It wasn't a shootout. It was a complete and total murder," Gordon's uncle, Lyndon Gordon, said on several local news channels.</p>.<p>The family's lawyer, Yousef Taha, told AFP that the videos' release "leaves us with more questions than answers."</p>.<p>"We call upon the Attorney General's Office to conduct a complete and transparent investigation into his death," Taha said. "We will continue to seek justice for Simran and his family."</p>.<p>Gordon's death is the latest incident that has brought Rochester police under scrutiny.</p>.<p>In March, body-cam video showed Rochester officers forcing a Black woman, holding her three-year-old daughter, to the ground and pepper-spraying her.</p>.<p>Protests broke out in Rochester in September 2020 after the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man.</p>.<p>Prude was walking naked, high on drugs, when police put a hood over his head to prevent him spitting, then held him face-down on the pavement until he stopped breathing. He died a week later.</p>.<p>A medical examiner ruled Prude's death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indict any of the officers involved.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>