NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general is investigating an off-duty police officer's fatal shooting of a man he said attacked him in a case of road rage.
Police say the New York Police Department officer was driving his personal vehicle early Monday in Brooklyn when he was involved in a traffic dispute with 37-year-old Delrawn Small.
Police say when both cars stopped at a red light, Small got out of his vehicle and punched the officer repeatedly through an open window.
Police say the officer pulled out his service weapon and killed Small. The officer was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
Police haven't identified the officer. They say the shooting remains under investigation.
The attorney general is authorized to investigate police shootings when the person killed is unarmed.
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This story has been corrected to show the last name of the man who was killed is Small, not Dempsey.
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