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Sean Bell was 23 years old, killed hours before what was to be his wedding day in Queens, NY. The officers fired 50 shots at Sean's vehicle. Sean's family talks about the connections they shared, Sean's talent for baseball, his love for working with his hands, his love for family and the tragic events that lead to him loosing his life right before he was set to be married.

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Valerie Bell

So by them doing that Guzman sees this and he's telling Sean go 'cause he think he's gonna get shot up. So as Sean pulls up, he pulls back and then the cop started shooting-

.... and on the passenger side he was shooting. He shot 11 bullets. His other officers came over there in the area.

So he must have called them. One shot 31 times.

William Bell

He reloaded-

... and kept shooting.

Valerie Bell (00:43:16):

And another shot five. Whatever. It added up to 50 shots. 

by him shooting only on Guzman's side, the guy in the backseat jumps out, tries to run on the ground, and he got shot in the leg two or three times. But Guzman

Valerie Bell:

... ended up with 16 bullets in his body.

William Bell :

And he was a big man.

Valerie Bell:

Right. And they didn't remove all of the bullets. So he still has bullets to this day. 

William Bell:

Not one bullet came out that car.

Butfor a guy to reload? He'd already shot 16 times.

Valerie Bell:

They just heard their own bullet ricocheting back and forth.

William Bell:

One guy almost got killed in the subway in Long Island Railroad.

What is these cops doing there? You're shooting wild. There ain't no bullets coming at you. They probably dead in the car already,?

CALL TO ACTION

• Check out Valerie’s book Just 23 wherever books are sold online
• Also, as always, push to have your state end Qualified Immunity

Credits

Special thanks to

Host: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert

Executive Producers: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert

Edited & Sound Design: Byron Hunt

Producers: Heather Johnson, Ryan Woodhall and Mike DuBose

Associate Producers: Quinton Hill

Content Distribution: DCP Entertainment

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