New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday that she has cleared two NYPD officers who fatally shot an armed murder suspect and wounded his girlfriend during a wild chase through Brooklyn nearly two years ago.

James' Office of Special Investigation didn't find any criminal liability in the deadly use of force that led to 21-year-old Christopher Ferguson's death after he pointed a firearm directly at police following a high-speed pursuit.

In addition to being sought for the slaying of a 21-year-old man in East New York, Ferguson was riding shotgun in a vehicle that was spotted fleeing the Whitman Houses in Fort Greene, where a ShotSpotter device recorded gunfire around 3 p.m. on Dec. 5, 2024, police said.

When officers attempted to stop the vehicles, Ferguson's 23-year-old girlfriend - whose 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat - suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed, cops said.

The Honda was spotted running multiple red lights as it fled east into Bedford-Stuyvesant before crashing into a black Mercedes double-parked on Utica Ave. near Park Place.

Police in hot pursuit exited their vehicles with their weapons drawn and ordered Ferguson and his girlfriend to get out of the vehicle with their hands up.

As officers approached the vehicle, Ferguson tried to get out of the vehicle with a pistol, but the Honda's passenger-side door was wedged against the double-parked car.

Trapped inside the car, Ferguson pointed his weapon at police, who fired as many as 19 shots, according to police.

Ferguson's girlfriend tried to make a run for it and was nabbed after sustaining two gunshot wounds to her right thigh, cops said.

Ferguson, the woman, and her daughter were taken to Kings County Hospital, where the murder suspect died.
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