NYPD release video of Buff State student shot, critically injured in Queens

The shooting occurred at a Queens deli Monday afternoon.

A STUDENT AT A LOCALCOLLEGE IS INCRITICAL CONDITIONTONIGHT.HE WAS SHOT -- INBROAD DAYLIGHT --AND THE SHOCKINGESCALATION WAS ALLCAUGHT ON CAMERA.GOOD EVENING.IT ALL STARTED WITH ABRIEF BUMP OF THESHOULDER INSIDE ADELI.

THE GOODNEWS -- IS THAT THEVICTIM, MALACHICAPERS, IS EXPECTEDTO BE OK.CAPERS GOES TOBUFFALO STATECOLLEGE -- AND WAS AMEMBER OF THEFOOTBALL TEAM.TONIGHT -- NIKKIDEMENTRI SPEAKSWITH HIS FORMERCOACH ANDTEAMMATES -- ASINVESTIGATORS TRYTO FIND THESHOOTER."GREAT KID, HARD-WORKER, HISTEAMMATES LOVEDHIM."BUFFALO STATEFOOTBALL COACHCHRISTIAN OZOLINSSAYS THE BEST WAYHE CAN DESCRIBEMALACHI CAPERS ISBY SHARING HOW HEGOT RECRUITED."THE RECRUITINGPROCESS IS ALL ABOUTME, ME, ME.

AND ITWASN'T IT WAS JUSTABOUT HIM BEINGGIVEN THEOPPORTUNITY AND YOUDON'T SEE MANY KIDSTHAT THAT INITIATIVEAND ROLL THE DICE."OZOLINS SAYSCAPERS TOOK A 14-HOUR ROUND-TRIP ONTHE GREYHOUND BUSFROM NEW YORK CITYTO BUFFALO.HE SHOWED UP AT THECOACH'S OFFICE,HOPING HE WOULDSEE HIS POTENTIAL.AND THEY DID.

HEPLAYED WITH THETEAM UNTIL ASHOULDER INJURYENDED HIS FOOTBALLFUTURE."MALACHI IS ONE OFTHOSE TEAMMATESYOU KNOW YOU CANALWAYS COUNT TO YOUKNOW GET THE JOBDONE.HE DOESN'TTALK TOO MUCH, HE'SMORE OF A I DON'TTALK A LOT, BUT I LETMY PLAYING SHOW."CAPERS' FORMERTEAMMATES.

WERESTUNNED WHEN THEYSAW THE VIDEO OFTHE NOW-20-YEAR-OLD SHOT IN FRONTOF A DELI ON MONDAYAFTERNOON."YA KNOW IT HURT.

BUTTHE FIRST THING ICOULD DO IS JUSTPRAY.

AFTER SEEINGTHAT'S THE FIRSTTHING I COULD DO ISJUST PRAY IT ALLWORKS OUT."THIS GRAPHICSURVEILLANCEVIDEO.

RELEASED BYN-Y-P-D.

BEGINS WITHCAPERS WALKING INAND BRUSHING BY THESUSPECT INSIDE THESTORE.AN ARGUMENT -- THENFIGHT FOLLOWS ANDSPILLS OUT ON TO THESIDEWALK.AFTER ROLLINGAROUND ON THEGROUND AND THENBEING PUNCHED INTHE FACE, CAPERSWAS SHOT IN THEHAT TO HAPPEN,IT'S UNBELIEVABLE."INVESTIGATORS SAYCUNTRY, ACROSSDOESN'T MATTER.WE'RE GOING TOSAMEWAY IHISTEAM.

IT'S ABROTHERHOOD WE'REFAMILIS STILL LOOKINGFOR THWITH CAPERSMOTHER.WHO SAYSHER DEXPECTED TO BE OKAY.ND, 7EW