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Michael Lembhard shot 15 times by Newburgh cops, family says

An autopsy report showed that 22-year-old Michael Lembhard,

Photo credit: News12 Westchester | An autopsy report showed that 22-year-old Michael Lembhard, of Newburgh, was shot more than half a dozen times by Newburgh police -- including eight times in the back -- in a March 7 confrontation in which he was killed, the dead man's family said. This is a screen grab of a file photo of Lembhard.

An autopsy report shows that 22-year-old Michael Lembhard was shot 15 times by Newburgh police -- including eight times in the back -- in a March 7 confrontation in which he was killed, the dead man's family said Thursday.

"We're just shocked," said Edith King, Lembhard's aunt, about the report the family received this week. "We feel they murdered him."

Police have said Lembhard was...

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