Long Beach police say off duty NYPD officer fired shots into the ocean

Long Beach police say off duty NYPD officer fired shots into the ocean

Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who’s been arrested twice for alleged brutality was arrested again Sunday after police on Long Island say he fired a pistol into the Atlantic Ocean while off duty. Police say David Afanador was carrying a loaded pistol and three loaded high-capacity magazines when officers investigating a report of shots fired in Long Beach saw him walking off the beach around 6:50 a.m. Sunday. Afanador was charged last year with putting a Black man in a banned chokehold. The NYPD had placed him on restricted assignment, and he is not authorized to carry firearms. Afanador was arraigned Monday by video on weapons charges. A message seeking comment was left with his lawyer.

 

Photo: People engage in social distancing on the beach during the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)