Tribute marking 24 years since killing of Amadou Diallo held Saturday in the Bronx
NEW YORK -- Saturday marks 24 years since Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by officers with the NYPD Street Crime Unit in the Bronx.
Diallo, a 23-year-old student from West Africa, was unarmed when officers shot him in the doorway of his home on Wheeler Avenue in the Soundview section on Feb. 4, 1999.
Plainclothes officers said they thought Diallo was firing at them.
On Saturday, Rev. Kevin McCall will hold a tribute to Diallo, featuring several civil rights activists, at the home where Diallo was killed.
It is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
