NYPD Officer Who Killed Delrawn Small Stripped of Badge and Gun

Pictured: Candles wrapped in photos of Delrawn Small. Photo by John V. Santore

ONE POLICE PLAZA, MANHATTAN — The off-duty NYPD officer who fatally shot Brooklyn dad Delrawn Small in East New York on July 4 has been been stripped of his badge and gun pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton confirmed the news at the end of a press conference Monday focused on the city's crime statistics through the first half of 2016.

The NYPD has yet to officially confirm either Small's name or the name of the officer. However, the officer's name has been widely reported as Wayne Isaacs.

Small was shot early in the morning on July 4 after he and Isaacs nearly collided while driving their cars down Atlantic Avenue, according to the NYPD.

The only NYPD statement on the shooting said that Small had exited his car and started punching Isaacs "repeatedly in the head through [Isaacs'] car window" before shots were fired.

Small's family challenged that account during an emotional protest last week. And on Friday, surveillance footage of the shooting obtained and published by The New York Post showed that Small was shot almost immediately after walking up to Isaacs' car.

On Saturday, Small's nephew, Zayanahla Vines, led a Black Lives Matter protest through lower Manhattan, during which he said his uncle had been killed "in cold blood" and called for Isaacs to be put in jail.

Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the state's Attorney General the power to investigate police violence against unarmed, or potentially unarmed, civilians. As such, Small's shooting is being investigated by A.G. Eric Schneiderman.

In a Friday statement, Schneiderman said he is "committed to conducting a full, fair and independent investigation of this tragedy, and will follow the facts and evidence — including this video evidence — wherever they lead."

On Monday, Bratton said the NYPD was cooperating with the A.G.'s office. He said the department is still searching for additional witnesses and surveillance footage of the shooting.