Police account of Pace student's death questioned

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By JIM FITZGERALD




THORNWOOD, N.Y. (AP) - Investigators are trying to unravel conflicting accounts of how a college football player driving away from the scene of a fight ended up dead hours after the team's homecoming game, struck in a burst of police gunfire that pierced his windshield.

Authorities say Danroy "D.J." Henry, 20, had been parked in a fire lane outside a bar when he sped away from officers who were rapping on his car window, hitting one who clung to the hood as the sedan barreled toward a colleague.

But the father of a passenger in the car says the driver took off because he thought police wanted him to move - and he denied that an officer was struck.

New York State Police on Monday joined the investigation of the events involving three local police officers early Sunday. Henry had just played in Pace University's game against Stonehill College of Easton, Mass., the junior defensive back's hometown. ...............(more)

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