Khiel Coppin, 18
Brooklyn, New York
November 13, 2007
Agencies: New York Police Department NYPD
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: 6 months ago
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Overview 
In November 2007, 18 yer-old African American Khiel Coppin was fatally shot in a hail of 20 bullets fired by five police officers who responded to his mother’s 911 call for help in a domestic dispute in Brooklyn, the authorities said.
The police said they believed that Coppin had a gun. But when the gunfire stopped, it turned out that he had been holding a hairbrush.
Legal Action
New York reached a settlement with the Coppin family paying them $3 million after killing their son.
Additional Resources:
- https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/nyc-reaches-3-million-settlement-with-family-of-teen-killed-by-police-in-brooklyn/ added December 22, 2022 20:34
- https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/nyregion/13domestic.html added December 22, 2022 20:32