Matthew Felix, 19

Queens, New York
February 25, 2020

Agencies: Nassau County Police Department New York

Cause of death: Shooting

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Overview

19 year-old Matthew Felix was shot and killed by a police officer from a Long Island department who was chasing him across the border into the city, police said.

The Nassau County Police Department killed Matthew Felix, 19, about 5 p.m. Tuesday in southeastern Queens. The department said in a statement late Tuesday that its officers “were involved in a shooting incident with a subject who was fatally wounded.”

Officials declined to say if Felix was armed at the time or provide details of the circumstances that led an officer, or officers, to open fire, citing active investigations of both the New York City Police Department and the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

The NYPD referred questions to the Nassau police.

The shooting occurred hours after someone attempted to sell a vehicle and met Felix in a parking lot, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.

Felix displayed a black firearm and pointed it “to the victim’s head and tells him to get out of the car,” Ryder said. Felix then fled the scene in the vehicle.

Officer’s were able to to track the vehicle to Felix’s home. The owner of the vehicle identified Felix to police as the carjacker. Police attempted to arrest Felix after he left his home and got into a car that was not the stolen vehicle, Ryder said.