The parent of the dog-walker who was fatally changeable by his lover’s bull husband past twelvemonth has filed a wrongful decease suit against the NYPD, claiming her son’s slayer ne'er should person had a gun.
Edward Wilkins, 20, was gunned down by Officer Sean Armstead, 36, who past killed himself extracurricular a Buffalo Wild Wings successful Wallkill connected May 8, 2022, due to the fact that helium suspected the younger antheral of having an matter with his wife, Alexandra Vanderheyden, 35.
Wilkins’ parent Helena Dow connected Thursday sued the NYPD, claiming the section should person known that Armstead was suffering from intelligence wellness problems and that helium shouldn’t person been allowed to person a weapon — oregon adjacent go a cop, according to the filing successful Manhattan Supreme Court.
Armstead — who was expected to beryllium moving a midnight displacement successful the PSA 8 successful the Bronx — had called retired sick the time of the execution and was “negligently permitted to instrumentality possession of his work handgun and 3 clips of ammunition,” the suit alleges.
The jealous bull tracked down Vanderheyden and Wilkins — an worker of her canine walking business — to a La Quinta Inn successful Wallkill upstate.
He aboriginal crashed his car into Wilkins aft chasing him down connected NY-211 earlier Wilkins fled connected foot.
Wilkins — who lone made it arsenic acold arsenic a Buffalo Wild Wings parking batch — was changeable by Armstead 11 times extracurricular the restaurant, the suit claims.
Vanderheyden, who was with Armstead for 9 years, arrived astatine the country to find some men dormant aft her hubby besides changeable himself, sources told The Post successful May.
Armstead “was negligently permitted to instrumentality possession of his work handgun and 3 clips of ammunition adjacent though helium had antecedently called successful sick, was truthful off-duty, and had nary morganatic crushed to possess” the gun, the suit claims.
And the 11-year seasoned bull was, “suffering from intelligence illness, was a known hazard to prosecute successful violence, and was psychologically and emotionally unfit to beryllium a constabulary serviceman and person a unsafe …handgun,” the suit alleges.
The NYPD was negligent successful “supervising Armstead and entrusting him with a handgun,” which “was a important origin and a proximate origin of the death,” of Wilkins, the suit claims.
Leading up to the tragic murder, Wilkins endured “pre-impact panic and suffered excruciating pain… and agony including fearfulness of imminent decease arsenic his centrifugal conveyance was rammed by Armstead,” the filing claims.
Dow is suing for unspecified damages. Her suit besides names Armstead’s estate.
Dow’s lawyer Michael Kolb, of instrumentality steadfast O’Connor & Partners, PLLC, told The Post, “I tin corroborate that [Dow] is [Wilkins’] parent and this substance has been precise hard for her.”
He declined to remark further.
Vanderheyden is not named arsenic a suspect successful the suit. A moving fig could not beryllium recovered for her Thursday.
The NYPD declined to remark arsenic the lawsuit is pending.
The Orange County Commissioner of Finance is listed arsenic the head of Armstead’s estate. A lawyer for the property declined to comment.
Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy