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Kelly: NYPD cops who shot teen followed guidelines

Protests in Brooklyn on Church Avenue & East

Photo credit: CS Muncy | Protests in Brooklyn on Church Avenue & East 46th St. turned violent as residents reacted to the NYPD's shooting of a teenager they said was armed (March 11, 2013)

The NYPD officers who shot a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy to death Saturday appear to have followed guidelines for the use of deadly force, Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday following a night of protests and vandalism in the East Flatbush neighborhood where the teenager was shot.

"There is nothing to indicate this shooting, at this time, was outside the guidelines," Kelly told reporters after...

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