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Rosello, of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, fatally shot
Dhal Apet, 17, and Lueth Mo, 15, as he was investigating the
burglary of a smoke shop in the Syracuse area and responding to
a call about people transferring items between two vehicles.
Surveillance video of the shooting previously released by the
attorney general's office shows the deputy use his SUV's front
bumper to pin one of the cars into a row of bushes. Rosello then
gets out of the vehicle, stands for a moment in front of the car
Apet and Mo are riding in, then steps out of the way with his
firearm apparently aimed at the car as it moves forward.
The deputy keeps his gun pointed at the car as it drives past
him and accelerates away, according to the video and report.
What's not clear from the video is when Rosello began and
stopped firing his weapon, because the video has no audio and
captured the scene from across a street. Rosello did not
activate his body camera before the confrontation.
Rosello radioed, “White car, tried to run me over, shots fired,"
according to the report released Friday by James, a Democrat.
Apet and Mo were found slumped over in a car on a street more
than a mile away. Apet was pronounced dead at the scene, while
Mo died in a hospital the same day, according to the report.
An attorney representing the families of Apet and Mo declined to
comment.
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