Was it a Dindu Nuffin?
The man was mentally ill, according to Crown Heights residents.
http://abc7ny.com/nypd-man-who-pointed-pipe-fatally-shot-by-officers-in-brooklyn/3301666/
"I seen the police car (come) in, police jump out and pop, pop, pop, pop," one witness said. "They didn't say 'freeze,' 'stop,' do anything, 'put your hands up,' nothing. Straight gunfire come out the gun."
Sure sounds like it, based on this angry critic's grammar.
Kudos to CBS NY for leaving that in. The NYTimes usually edits Ebonics morons to sound like Shakespeare.