Mass. college athlete shot, killed by police in NY

Published Oct. 19, 2010 10:10 a.m. ET

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Monday October 18, 2010

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. (AP) -- A college football player from Massachusetts is dead after police in New York shot at his car during a bar brawl.

The dead man was identified as Danroy Henry, a junior at Pace University's suburban Westchester County campus. He was a varsity defensive football player at the school who went to Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Mass.

Police described a chaotic scene at a bar in Mount Pleasant, N.Y. early Sunday.

According to Mount Pleasant police, unruly patrons had gathered in the parking lot.

Police said they approached a car parked in a fire lane. When an officer knocked on the car window, the driver sped off.

An officer tried stopping the vehicle but it accelerated and he ended up on the hood.

As the vehicle passed by, another officer was hit by the car.

Both officers fired at the car.

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Information from: The Journal News, http://www.thejournalnews.com