George D'Amato Shot & Killed by NYC Police Officer for Brandishing Toy Gun

George D'Amato, shot and killed by New York City police officer, outside Brooklyn school, after he brandished toy gun.

NYPD: George D'Amato shot over toy gun (NY Daily News)

A New York City police officer, responding to 911 calls, shot and killed George D'Amato, the son of a retired New York State criminal investigator with the state tax department, who was reportedly waving a black-and-silver toy gun outside Public School 194 in Brooklyn abouthalf-hour after dismissal.

George D'Amato, 22, pointed the gun at the officer outside the Sheepshead Bay school and refused orders to drop it, police sources said. "[The officer] fired three times," one of the sources told the Daily News.

D'Amato is the son of George D'Amato Sr. Police sources said the shots were fired by an officer who has been on the force less than two years. He arrived before other cops from the 61st Precinct did. Source: NY Daily News

Maybe the cop should have just shot him in the leg, but why was he brandishing the gun? What is a grown man doing with a toy gun? He had reportedly menaced some children outside a housing complex and a Little League field on Monday as well. According to the NY Daily News, he was arrested on Feb. 27, for criminal mischief and possession of burglar's tools. Seems like this young man was up to no good or how else can you explain a grown man running around with a toy gun?