The district attorney on Staten Island said criminal charges “were not appropriate” in the death of 33-year-old Robert E. Compton III, who died in a confrontation with two men police said he allegedly tried to rob.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The Richmond County district attorney won’t seek criminal charges in the death of a Staten Island man who allegedly showed a fake gun during a robbery attempt and died after his would-be victims disarmed and restrained him until he lost consciousness.
Michael E. McMahon, the district attorney on Staten Island, said in a statement to Gothamist that criminal charges “were not appropriate” in the death of 33-year-old Robert E. Compton III, who died in the confrontation Sept. 11 with two men police said he had tried to rob. His death was“The death of Robert Compton was a tragedy, and we join his family and loved one in mourning that he is no longer with us,” McMahon said in the statement.
Initial media reports of Compton’s death, citing statements by the NYPD and law enforcement, said the men disarmed Compton after he demanded their property and displayed what turned out to be a BB-gun. According to the reports, Compton was taken down by a “
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