Knife-wielding man shot dead by police
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A MAN who became angry as he tried to buy beer at a grocery store pulled out a knife and was shot to death by police on a busy tourist-filled Manhattan street yesterday morning, officials said.
A bystander, a woman, suffered a graze to her arm. An officer was also injured. Both were taken to a hospital.
New York City Police Department Chief James O’Neill said the 46-year-old became “aggressive and belligerent” inside a Food Emporium about 8:20am, swearing at people in the store while he tried to buy beer, and fighting with the cashier.
An officer on foot patrol responded and brought the man outside the premises. They fought on the street, tumbling to the ground.
The man got up and pulled out the knife as other officers arrived, O’Neill said.
“The officers ordered the suspect to drop the knife, and he continued to approach them with a knife in his hand,” O’Neill said.
A sergeant and the officer who initially responded fired a total of nine shots, police said.
The man’s name wasn’t immediately released, and it wasn’t clear whether he had a history of mental illness or a criminal record.
O’Neill said an investigation was continuing. Police were studying surveillance video and interviewing witnesses.
Sharona Shriver, who lives nearby, said she was doing her makeup when she heard the shots and ran to the window. She saw the dead man surrounded by police. “He was face down with blood pouring out of his head. Looked like it was coming out of his head or upper body,” she said. “A trail of blood.”
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