NYPD officers shoot-kill man stabbing 2 security officers
TREMONT, Bronx Nov 15 2017 Two unarmed female security officers working inside a Bronx shelter were repeatedly stabbed by a man armed with a 4-inch steak knife.
As NYPD officers arrived on scene, they quickly encountered the armed man and gave more than twenty verbal commands to drop the knife before police opened fire and shot and killed him.
Police said that they responded to a report of an assault inside the halfway house on Hughes Ave. in the Tremont section around 7:30 p.m.
“All of a sudden I heard screaming, like a shout, like somebody had got shot,” a resident said.
When officer arrived, they encountered the man stabbing two female security officers.
NYPD officials say security video shows the officers telling the suspect to drop his knife more than 20 times.
Police say he approached the officers still holding the knife, and that’s when both officers opened fire, shooting the suspect several times.
He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was known in the neighborhood as someone who frequently begged for change on the street.
One of the security officers was stabbed in the chest and arm, and the other security officer was stabbed in the arm. Both are in serious condition at St. Barnabas Hospital.
The NYPD officers were wearing body cams and that footage will be included as part of the investigation.
