Brother Of Man Shot Dead By Police After Car Chase From The Bronx To Westchester Says Cops Used Excessive Force

The broth­er of a man killed by police after a wild car chase on the Saw Mill River Parkway said the cops could have shown some restraint, par­tic­u­lar­ly because no evi­dence has been recov­ered to show the sus­pect had a weapon. Justin Julbe, 23, said Thursday that he can’t believe his broth­er, Miguel Espinal, would have tried to tus­sle with an offi­cer and grab his gun.

COP SAYS MAN TRIED TO GRAB HIS GUN AS FATAL SHOT WAS FIRED

“Even if he fought a cop, why don’t you just Taser him?” Julbe said. “Personally, I would nev­er, ever, reach for a gun. If my broth­er’s already caught, he’s caught. I’m not stu­pid enough to do that, and my broth­er’s smarter than me. My broth­er would­n’t do that. I know damn well he would­n’t do that.” Espinal, 36, was shot and killed in the woods near Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers Tuesday after a chase that took cops from the Bronx to Westchester. Cops said they had lost sight of the Nissan Espinal was dri­ving dur­ing the chase, then spot­ted the car dou­bling back the wrong way near Exit 4. Espinal struck a medi­an and two oth­er cars before flee­ing with his pas­sen­ger into a wood­ed area. Moments lat­er Espinal was shot dead, and the pas­sen­ger, Akeem Smith, was nabbed after a short pursuit.

Cops said Espinal fought with one of the cops before the shoot­ing. “You should­n’t have chased him in the woods,” Julbe said. “They should have called back up. With more cops, they would have been able to sub­due him,” Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office said it would inves­ti­gate the shoot­ing, after a recent exec­u­tive order by Gov. Cuomo man­dat­ing that the AG probe police shoot­ings involv­ing unarmed sus­pects.Brother of man shot dead by police after car chase from the Bronx to Westchester says cops used exces­sive force