NYPD killer cop partner didn't perform CPR because he cheated on test
Akai Gurley, 28 (pictured), was unarmed when he was shoot and killed by an NYPD officer in 2014 The partner of a rookie NYPD officer on trial for killing an unarmed man in Brooklyn told jurors Thursday that he didn't make any attempts to revive the victim because the police academy had helped him cheat on his CPR certification test. Officer Peter Liang shot Akai Gurley, 28, to death in an unlit housing project stairwell in November 2014. After the shooting, Liang and his partner, Shaun Landau, argued for several minutes about whether to report the incident to a superior, and left the task of performing CPR to a friend of the victim, although they were both trained to perform first aid, according to a police report. During examination in court Thursday, Landau revealed why. 'You're certified in CPR?' Landau was asked by the defense lawyer of his partner, Robert Brown, after admitting he didn't try to resuscitate the victim. 'Yes,' Landau answered, according to the . Shaun Landau (center) enters court in New York Thursday where he made the testimony saying he had help cheating on his CPR certification test RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next NYPD officer is shot in the FACE and another is shot in the... 'There are a lot of people out there who are aroused by a... Share this article Share 'And at that moment you didn't know what to do?' the defense lawyer asked, to which Landau said yes again. Next, Landau explained that although he was certified, he wasn't actually capable of performing CPR because his instructors at the academy had told him the questions and answers for the exam in advance. 'During the time they were teaching that information, were they talking about the questions that would be on the exam?' the lawyer asked. 'You were fed the questions and the answers?' 'Correct,' Landau replied, according to the Post. 'We are not going to comment on statements made during an ongoing criminal trial,' a New York Police Department spokesperson told Daily Mail Online. NYPD officer Peter Liang (pictured on Thursday) is on trial for shooting an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project stairwell in 2014 Advertisement data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: Cop: I couldn't save shooting victim because NYPD helped me cheat on CPR test | New York Post