Off-duty NYPD correction officer arrested in connection to fatal shooting of 18-year-old in the Bronx

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An off-duty New York City correction officer who allegedly shot a teen in the face fatally is expected to be formally charged Friday, authorities said.

The New York Police Department on Thursday arrested Dion Middleton, 45, and recommended charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a police press release.Investigators are looking into the possibility that the victim, identified by police as Raymond Chaluisant, 18, fired a water gun at Middleton, sparking the altercation, according to a law enforcement official.

Middleton has been a correction officer since 2013 and his current job was working at the department's firing range in Rodman's Neck in the Bronx, according to a Department of Correction spokesman. Middleton went home and then to sleep after the shooting, according to another law enforcement official. He was then believed to have gone to his job at the firing range where he works, the official said. Middleton was arrested by police at the gun range Thursday afternoon, the official said.

 

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NYPD et al will be issuing press releases and rumors about the victim and the fact they were in the same square mile as some offence some time etc then the feared for his life blah blah blah line will be pushed then, no charges

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