Cop Who Killed Amadou Diallo Is Doing Pretty Well for Himself These Days Andy Cush · 12/17/15 10:52AM In February 1999, four plainclothes NYPD officers fired 41 shots at Amadou Diallo, an unarmed 22-year-old Bronx resident, peppering his body with bullets and killing him. Sixteen years later, one of those cops is getting a promotion.