`` This is a tragic situation , '' de Blasio said . Akai Gurley , 28 , was shot after entering a stairwell in Brooklyn with girlfriend . A rookie police officer `` accidentally discharged '' his weapon , police say . Police Commissioner William Bratton calls victim a `` total innocent '' Brooklyn D.A . TL;DR The NYPD is investigating the shooting death of an unarmed man who had been involved in a scuffle outside a nightclub on Saturday night.
Akai Gurley , 28 , was shot after entering a stairwell in Brooklyn with girlfriend . A rookie police officer `` accidentally discharged '' his weapon , police say . Police Commissioner William Bratton calls victim a `` total innocent '' Brooklyn D.A . TL;DR The NYPD is investigating the shooting death of an unarmed man who had been involved in a scuffle outside a nightclub on Saturday night.