▁y elled ▁" G un !" ▁to ▁alert ▁his ▁colle agues . ▁The ▁officers ▁opened ▁fire ▁on ▁D ial lo , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁they ▁believed ▁he ▁was ▁holding ▁a ▁gun . ▁During ▁the ▁shooting , ▁lead ▁officer ▁Mc M ell on ▁tri pped ▁back ward ▁off ▁the ▁front ▁st airs , ▁causing ▁the ▁other ▁officers ▁to ▁believe ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁shot . ▁The ▁four ▁officers ▁fired ▁ 4 1 ▁sh ots ▁with ▁semi - autom atic ▁weapons , ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁which ▁went ▁ast ray ▁as ▁D ial lo ▁was ▁hit ▁ 1 9 ▁times . ▁ ▁The ▁post - sh oot ing ▁investigation ▁found ▁no ▁weapons ▁on ▁D ial lo ' s ▁body ; ▁the ▁item ▁he ▁had ▁pulled ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁jack et ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁gun , ▁but ▁a ▁rect angular ▁black ▁wal let . ▁The ▁internal ▁NY PD ▁investigation ▁ruled ▁the ▁officers ▁had ▁acted ▁within ▁policy , ▁based ▁on ▁what ▁a ▁reasonable ▁police ▁officer ▁would ▁have ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁circumstances ▁with ▁the ▁information ▁they ▁had . ▁The ▁D ial lo ▁shooting ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁police ▁training ▁policy ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁full ▁metal ▁jack et ▁( FM J ) ▁bul lets . ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁a ▁Bron x ▁grand ▁j ury ▁ind icted ▁the ▁four ▁officers ▁on ▁charges ▁of ▁second - deg ree ▁murder ▁and ▁reck less ▁end anger ment . ▁All ▁four ▁officers ' ▁b ail ▁were ▁set ▁at ▁$ 1 0 0 ,