Gidone Busch or Gary Busch (1968 – August 30, 1999) was a mentally ill Breslover Hasid who was shot and killed outside his apartment in Borough Park, Brooklyn by four officers of the New York City Police Department, who fired on him at least 12 times. The killing was controversial, because although Busch was armed at the time, the weapon he brandished was a claw hammer, and accounts of the incident varied.
Gidone Busch or Gary Busch (1968 – August 30, 1999) was a mentally ill Breslover Hasid who was shot and killed outside his apartment in Borough Park, Brooklyn by four officers of the New York City Police Department, who fired on him at least 12 times. The killing was controversial, because although Busch was armed at the time, the weapon he brandished was a claw hammer, and accounts of the incident varied.
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