An East Harlem woman frantically pressed a domestic violence “panic button” — given to her by law enforcement to protect her from her violent deadbeat son — moments before he fired a fatal gunshot into her head, police sources told the Daily News on Wednesday.
Fatoumata Danson made the desperate call for help shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday when her 22-year-old son showed up at her home at the Lehman Village Houses, breaking the order of protection she had against him.
The son, Musa Camara, was due to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court just hours later Tuesday to face charges he body-slammed his 40-year-old mother last summer, then told her, “I will kill you.”
Prosecutors accused him of shoving his mom, using the weight of his whole body, in her apartment before making the threat on Aug. 19. He also allegedly grabbed and shattered her landline phone. He was arrested that day.
The terrified mom of eight — her youngest a toddler — was issued an order of protection against Camara and provided a panic button through the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
After last appearing in court on the misdemeanor assault charge in November, he was due back Tuesday.
But instead he allegedly shot his mother inside her 15th-floor apartment on E. 108th St. near Park Ave. Relatives said the son refused to work for a living and resented his mom’s pressure to get a job, leading to the conflict between them.
Danson pressed her panic button when her son violated the restraining order and turned up with a gun, police sources said. Neighbors found her lying in a pool of blood before help could arrive.
Camara fled the scene and then fired wildly at a 29-year-old random passerby on the street as he ran, police say. The bystander was not struck.
Moments later Camara was tased and arrested by cops.
After he stripped off all his clothes and acted erratically at an NYPD stationhouse, cops sent Camara for psychiatric evaluation at Metropolitan Hospital. Police sources said the suspect has a history of mental illness.
His arraignment on murder charges was pending in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Yankuba Sangarie, the victim’s brother, told reporters that Danson was a native of Gambia who moved to New York City in the 1990s. She worked as a home health aide and regularly cooked for her loving big brothers and extended family.
“She don’t have a problem with anybody,” said Sangarie. “She’s a hardworking lady, taking care of her eight children. Everybody loves her. She’s a good sister, a good family member.”
Police responded to the mom’s apartment multiple times to stop fights between her and Camara, source said.
After the slaying, Sangarie said he wanted the criminal legal system to show “no mercy” to his nephew.
“He don’t want to go to work or get a place for himself. That’s the reason that he shot the mom,” Camara’s uncle said. “I want him to go to life in prison.” (New York Daily News)
