NYS AG releases bodycam footage in fatal Malta apartment complex shooting

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Saratoga County, NY - Body cam footage of the fatal officer involved shooting of Brandon Moore at a Saratoga County apartment building was released Wednesday as part of Attorney General Letitia James' investigation.

Brandon R. Moore, 37, was shot and killed by law enforcement the morning of April 10 after a standoff at Ellsworth apartment complex in Malta, marking the second fatal officer-involved shooting in the Saratoga County town in less than 24 hours.

The footage, which lasted only 22 seconds, was recorded from the body camera of one of the Saratoga County Sheriff's deputies that responded.

In the video, you can see a team of state police members and Saratoga County sheriff's deputies huddled in the hallway before seeing Moore emerge and stand at the doorway of the apartment. Police order him to raise his hands, and in a split second, you see a man wearing a white shirt pointing what appears to be a handgun towards the police.

Moore was fatally shot.

According to police, a total of six law enforcement members discharged their firearm-- four with state police and two sheriff's deputies.

According to New York State Police, troopers and Saratoga County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a physical domestic dispute around 8:53 a.m. at Building 2 of the Ellsworth Commons Apartments. When officers arrived just after 9 a.m., the man involved—identified as Brandon R. Moore, 37—barricaded himself inside his apartment and refused to cooperate.

At approximately 10.37 a.m., while law enforcement personnel were attempting negotiations, Mr. Moore exited the apartment with what appeared to be a handgun. Law enforcement members instructed Mr. Moore to drop the firearm. Mr. Moore refused to follow the multiple commands and aimed the weapon at state police members and deputies. At that time, the troopers and deputies fired their department-issued firearms, fatally striking him,” said Major Christopher Gilroy, Troop G Commander with New York State Police during a press briefing.

Investigators later determined that the weapon Moore was holding was a CO2-powered BB pistol, which was loaded at the time.