"King Wong was our neighbor. He lived in Woodside Houses. He was a 60-year old man with a history of mental illness, holding a knife, visibly confused and struggling," Gonzalez and Cában said in a joint statement. "The NYPD used lethal force and fired 19 shots at King Wong within 56 seconds of approaching him.

"There were no true attempts at de-escalation. There were no professionals on site who were adequately trained to work with people with serious mental illness."

"The gaps in our mental health care infrastructure are a failure of governance," Gonzalez and Cabán said, adding that Wong did not receive the care he needed after his parents died.

In response, the NYPD said it released body-worn camera footage on May 12, adding that cops received multiple calls informing them that Wong w

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