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NY officers fire on man, wounding 2 bystanders
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Two police officers opened fire on a man who was erratically dodging cars on a busy Manhattan street on Saturday night, wounding two bystanders and sending people running for cover, authorities said.
Police said the man made movements suggesting he had a weapon, though he turned out to be unarmed. The officers’ shots missed him, and he was eventually brought down by a stun gun.
Authorities identified the man as Glenn Broadnax, 35, of Brooklyn. He faces multiple counts including menacing, riot, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and resisting arrest. He is in custody.
The encounter happened just before 10pm near the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a block away from Times Square.
Officers saw a man on foot weaving through traffic and sometimes blocking vehicles, apparently because he wanted to be hit by a car, police said.
As officers approached, the man reached into his pocket as if grabbing a weapon, and two officers fired a total of three shots. The bullets struck a 54-year-old woman in the right knee and a grazed a 35-year-old woman in the buttocks, according to the police.
Photos and video taken by onlookers showed a chaotic scene. Several officers tried to contain the man as he moved through an intersection, and he was finally brought down as people in the crowd yelled at police not to shoot him.
Broadnax was taken into custody after a sergeant subdued him with a Taser, police said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was in stable condition. Authorities described him as “emotionally disturbed.”
The women were taken to hospitals, where they both were listed in stable condition, according to police.
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