 and a Utica police officer ultimately discharged his firearm once, striking the male during a ground struggle. We will be fully cooperative with the Attorney General's office, and they will ultimately make the decision whether or not the shooting of the individual was justified or not. The fatal shooting has caused an outpouring of outrage and demands for justice in Utica's Karen immigrant community, an ethnic minority from Southeast Asia. Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil in Memorial of Naya Saturday night. Mayor Michael Galeem.