US EditionOff-duty NYPD Detective Shoots Man With Realistic BB Gun Outside Staten Island Diner
The 44-year-old man intended to provoke the off-duty officer to shoot him in a suicide by cop near a Staten Island diner, police said.
- On Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, an off-duty NYPD officer shot Jesse Campbell, 44, after he pointed what appeared to be a firearm at the officer on William Avenue in Great Kills.
- Assistant Chief Melissa Eger said police were alerted to a threat after an off-duty NYPD officer spotted a man on William Avenue in Great Kills displaying what appeared to be a firearm near Andrew's Diner.
- Amid repeated orders, the man kept the imitation firearm raised, and surveillance video shows officers issuing multiple commands to drop the weapon, which he ignored before pointing it at them.
- Authorities reported no civilians were injured and the scene was secured after officers performed life-saving measures and transported Wayne Carrington Campbell to Staten Island University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Amid the probe, the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is examining whether the incident was a case of 'suicide by cop,' with a law-enforcement source stating 'It looks like suicide by cop.
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Staten Island police-involved shooting: Off-duty officers kill man holding imitation firearm, NYPD says
Off-duty officers on Staten Island killed a man in a police-involved shooting on Friday night after he pointed an imitation firearm at them, NYPD sources said. According to NYPD Assistant Chief Melissa Eger, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Staten Island, the fatal shooting occurred at around 8:02 p.m. on Aug. 15 in Great Kills. Police initially received a 911 call reporting a man holding a gun in the back of Andrew’s Diner, located at 4160 …
Off-duty cop fatally shoots man armed with BB gun after confrontation outside Staten Island diner
The gun-wielding man — whom sources identified as Jesse Campbell, 44 — had a confrontation with two off-duty NYPD officers outside the diner, during which he pointed the supposed weapon at them, according to sources.
Off-duty NYPD cop fatally shoots man on Staten Island waving fake gun: police
A 44-year-old man who police say was pointing a gun that turned out to be fake died after being shot multiple times by an off-duty police officer on Staten Island, cops said Friday night. The off-duty officer shot the man several times throughout his body after the victim allegedly waved the mock gun during the encounter on William Ave. near Hylan Boulevard in the borough’s Great Kills section around 8:20 p.m., according to police. “We believe t…
Off-duty NYPD officer shoots man in apparent suicide by cop: police sources
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man was shot multiple times by an off-duty NYPD officer on Friday night in what appears to be an attempted suicide by cop, police sources said. "Due to police activity, avoid the vicinity of Hylan Boulevard and Heinz Avenue in Staten Island. Expect emergency vehicles and delays in the surrounding area," read a social media post by NYPD News. More Local News Multiple police cars and ambulances could be seen …
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