An NYPD officer reportedly fired a gun inside Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus on Tuesday night as police worked to remove anti-Israel agitators from the building, according to the Associated Press. There is.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirmed the incident to The Associated Press.
Doug Cohen, a spokesman for Mr. Bragg’s office, said no one was injured and the officer was the only person nearby at the time of the shooting. Cohen said there were no students in the immediate vicinity of the area.
Bragg’s office is investigating the incident, Cohen added. Further details about the incident were not immediately available.
New York City police body camera footage shows officers entering a Columbia University building occupied by anti-Israel protesters.
On Tuesday in New York City, NYPD officers in riot gear broke into Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall through a window, where anti-Israel agitators had barricaded themselves. (Kenna Betancourt/AFP via Getty Images)
The shooting occurred as a result of NYPD officers storming Hamilton Hall late Tuesday night as hundreds of anti-Israel agitators entered and barricaded themselves there for more than 20 hours.
Recently released police body camera video shows the moment officers wearing riot gear and using tools enter Hamilton Hall and open the front door, which had chairs stacked inside, from inside. was.
NYPD peeks into raid to remove anti-Israel agitators from Columbia’s Hamilton Hall
On Tuesday, New York City police officers entered Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall through a window as anti-Israel protesters barricaded themselves inside the building. (Kenna Betancourt/AFP via Getty Images)
Many of the protesters were not. university students, But outside of the instigators, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs Tariq Shepard told “Your World Cavuto” Thursday.
Shepard said authorities only allowed protesters to be removed from campus if the university formally requested assistance, and that several universities in the city had told the NYPD that they had not been able to do so since at least May. He added that they have been asked to remain on campus until the middle of the year.
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More than 100 protesters were detained during the crackdown. They are part of more than 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, according to an Associated Press tally Thursday.
The NYPD and Bragg’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
