NY AG declines charges in Queens police shooting
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation declined to charge NYPD Officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco in the March 27, 2024 fatal shooting of 19‑year‑old Win Rozario during a mental‑health crisis at his Queens home, concluding prosecutors could not disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that deadly force was justified. The report, which cites body‑cam video of Rozario advancing with scissors and a prior Taser use, recommends expanding non‑police mental‑health first responder programs, enhanced officer training, and a state law enabling public‑health responses to behavioral‑health crises; the officers still face an internal discipline trial and a family lawsuit, while Mayor‑elect Zohran Mamdani pledged to strengthen health‑led crisis response.
📌 Key Facts
- OSI report (Dec. 4, 2025) says charges will not be sought because prosecutors could not disprove justification beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Body‑cam video showed Rozario advancing with scissors; officers fired after a Taser was deployed; he was shot five times.
- Officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco face a CCRB‑initiated internal discipline trial; Rozario’s family has filed a lawsuit.
- OSI urged citywide expansion of paramedic/mental‑health responder pilots, more training, and a state law for public‑health crisis responses.
- Mayor‑elect Zohran Mamdani reiterated plans to expand health professional responses to 911 mental‑health calls.
📊 Relevant Data
Win Rozario was a 19-year-old Bangladeshi American youth.
Family of Win Rozario demands justice one year after police shooting in Ozone Park — QNS
Approximately 23% of police shootings in the US from 2015-2020 involved mental or behavioral health conditions, with 67% of those incidents being fatal.
Study of Fatal and Nonfatal Shootings by Police Reveals Racial Disparities, Dispatch Risks — Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Between 2015 and 2024, the rate of fatal police shootings in the US was 6.1 per million for Black Americans, 2.4 per million for White Americans, 2.9 per million for Hispanic Americans, and 1.6 per million for other ethnicities.
Rate of fatal police shootings U.S. 2015-2024, by ethnicity — Statista
In 2023, Black individuals comprised 55.8% of homicide victims in the US with a rate of 21.3 per 100,000, compared to 40.8% and 3.2 per 100,000 for White individuals, while Black Americans make up about 13% of the US population and White Americans about 60%.
Homicide Victimization in the United States, 2023 — Bureau of Justice Statistics
In 2023, there were 6,405 known Black homicide offenders in the US (40.8% of known offenders) and 8,842 White (56.3%), while Black Americans make up about 13% of the US population and White Americans about 60%.
Number of murder offenders 2023, by race — Statista
Asian Americans are the least likely racial group to utilize mental health services in the US.
Mental and Behavioral Health in Asian Americans — Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
In Ozone Park, Queens, NY, Asian residents comprise 31% of the population based on 2019-2023 estimates.
Ozone Park, Queens, NY Demographics: Population, Income, and More — Point2Homes