A Nation Magazine investigation published July 17 connects two NYPD shootings of Bangladeshi American men in Queens — both following mental health 911 calls. One man died; the other survived five shots and was then charged by DA Melinda Katz. More than two years on, no public discipline has been announced against the named officers.

On January 26, 2026, Jabez Chakraborty's family called 911 for an ambulance. They needed mental health transport, not armed officers. The NYPD responded instead — and before the call ended, officers had shot the 22-year-old five times. Three weeks later, Queens DA Melinda Katz arraigned Chakraborty from his hospital bed, where he was handcuffed and recovering from multiple surgeries, according to a statement from the advocacy organization DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving). Katz's office had sought to remand him. DRUM Executive Director Fahd Ahmed called the prosecution "the exact opposite of what Jabez needs and deserves."

That sequence — a mental health call, NYPD gunfire, a criminal charge against the man who was shot — is one of two cases at the center of a Nation Magazine investigation published July 17. Writer Ade Khan documents the parallel fates of two young Bangladeshi American men from the same small Christian community in Queens, each shot by NYPD officers after mental-distress 911 calls, roughly two years apart.

The other case is Win Rozario, who did not survive. On March 27, 2024, Rozario, then 19, called 911 himself during a mental health episode at his Ozone Park home. Officers Matthew Cianfrocco and Salvatore Alongi responded. Within two minutes, both had fired; Rozario died from his wounds. Body camera footage, reviewed by the NYPD's Office of Special Investigations, captured the sequence. Cianfrocco had responded to an earlier call at the same apartment and described Rozario to OSI investigators as a "non-threatening kid," according to the Nation's reporting. Rozario's mother, Notun Eva Costa, later said the family did not know they could refuse to let officers enter.

More than 27 months after his death, no public disciplinary finding has been announced against Cianfrocco or Alongi. Costa and the family have continued to demand their firing — including at an April 1 rally at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, where Public Advocate Jumaane Williams appeared alongside DRUM organizers. Banners read: "Fire Officers Cianfrocco and Alongi."

Following Chakraborty's January shooting, Mayor Mamdani signed an executive order establishing the Office of Community Safety, a nonpolice crisis-response framework he had pledged during his campaign. DRUM and the Justice Committee — which also called on Katz to drop the charges — described the order as only a partial step, pressing the mayor to remove the NYPD from mental health response entirely.

DRUM organizer Rebecca Chowdhury told the Nation that police brutality "has not as frequently resulted in officer-caused killings in South Asian communities, particularly for Bangladeshi Christians" — a pattern the organization says can no longer be assumed to exempt the community from harm.

Whether the charges against Chakraborty have since been resolved, and what disciplinary proceedings if any are pending for the officers in the Rozario case, was not confirmed in the record available as of July 19.