Pace University football player fatally shot by police

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MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- A college football player is dead after police in New York shot at his car during a bar brawl.

The dead man was identified as Danroy Henry, a junior at Pace University's suburban Westchester County campus. He was a varsity defensive football player at the school.

Police described a chaotic scene at a bar in Mount Pleasant, N.Y. early Sunday.

According to Mount Pleasant police, unruly patrons had gathered in the parking lot.

Police said they approached a car parked in a fire lane. When an officer knocked on the car window, the driver sped off.

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An officer tried stopping the vehicle but it accelerated and he ended up on the hood.

As the vehicle passed by, another officer was hit by the car.

Both officers fired at the car.

St. Peter's products Jadiel Javier and Eric Ortega, the team's leading receiver and Jadiel Javier, as well as Staten Island Tech grad Matt Arciero were teammates of Henry's. None were reported to be at the scene.

The Setters are 0-6 this season.