Former NYPD officer acquitted of murder in shooting of childhood friend during confrontation

. A jury on Thursday convicted Errick Allen, 30, only of menacing in the May 12, 2020, shooting of Christopher Curro, Newsday reported. 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.

The jury in Nassau County acquitted Allen of murder and manslaughter charges. Because the menacing charge carries a one-year maximum prison sentence, Allen, who was incarcerated since being indicted in August 2021, was scheduled to be released Thursday evening. Curro’s mother said she was angry and “very surprised and very shocked” at the verdict. Suzanne Curro said her son, who was 24 when he died, was unarmed during the confrontation. “Chris had no weapons,' the mother told Newsday.

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