The family of Win Rozario is speaking out for the first time following the shooting of the 19-year-old in March. 

What You Need To Know

  • Win Rozario was shot and killed by police in March    

  • He had called 911 in an apparent crisis

  • His family is calling for the officers involved to be fired

“Mayor Adams is sending out the message that the NYPD can murder teenagers in our own homes and get away with it,” 17-year-old Utcho Rozario, Win Rozario’s brother, said.

A mother who lost one of her sons called for justice. 

“I have a lot more to say about this situation, but at the moment, I’ll say Algoni and Cianfracco deserve to be fired from their jobs,” Notan Eva Costa, Rozario’s mother, said. “Until they are fired, they deserve to be suspended without pay. They deserve a hard punishment.”

This is the family of Win Rozario, who was shot and killed by police in March, after he called 911 during a mental health episode. 

They are speaking out for the first time.

The family said police interrogated them after the incident and would not let them back into their house for two days.

Body camera footage of the incident was released last week by the attorney general’s office, who is investigating the shooting. 

The video shows officers entering the Rozario apartment and the situation quickly escalating. 

Rozario grabbing scissors, getting tased by the police with his mother struggling to help him. 

Cops eventually fire several times in the apartment, shooting the 19-year-old.

The family is calling for those officers, Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco, to be fired. They are currently on modified duty. 

“This is a heartbreaking case that underscores the difficult reality police officers face when they respond to many calls. These police officers were faced with an individual who was holding a weapon and endangering multiple people... They deserve a fair investigation based on facts and the law, not demonization by activists who are exploiting this tragedy to advance an anti-police agenda,” the head of the Police Benevolent Association wrote in a statement in response to the press conference Wednesday.

Some have questioned why mental health teams were not sent to the Rozario’s instead.

A City Hall official told NY1 the Rozario 911 call was initially classified as someone on drugs acting erratically and would not have qualified for a mental health team.

In addition, the city’s mental health response teams do not operate in Rozario’s neighborhood.