NYPD: Officers Shot Man Who Lunged At Them With Knife
What to Know
- The 22-year-old suspect lunged at officers with a large kitchen knife after a family member called 911 about his mental health crisis.
- Officers attempted to contain the suspect by shutting a glass door and issuing commands, but he pushed through, leading to the shooting.
- The suspect was taken to Jamaica Hospital for surgery and is expected to survive, while officers received treatment for ringing in their ears.
NEW YORK -- An emotionally disturbed 22-year-old man was shot and wounded by NYPD cops in Queens Monday morning after lunging at them with a large kitchen knife, police said.
A 911 call was made at 10:25 a.m. by a relative who said the man has “a history of mental health issues and was throwing glass against the wall,” according to NYPD Assistant Chief Chris McIntosh.
When officers from the 107th Precinct got to the home on Parsons Blvd. near 84th Drive in Jamaica, the 911 caller answered the door and the 22-year-old man “retrieved a large kitchen knife and began to advance toward the officers,” McIntosh said.
A family member tried to grab the man but could not contain him and he moved toward the officers, still armed and refusing to obey numerous commands to drop the knife, McIntosh said.
As the suspect moved from the kitchen to the living room, the officers shut a glass door “in an attempt to isolate him,” McIntosh said.
The officers continued their commands for him to drop the weapon, McIntosh said, but the suspect pushed through the closed door, prompting the officers to fire.
McIntosh wouldn’t say how many officers used their guns, how many shots were fired or where the suspect was hit, though he did say they used a torniquest on the suspect until medics got there.
The suspect was taken to Jamaica Hospital, underwent surgery and is expected to survive.
The officers were taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center to be treated for ringing in the ears.
The shooting is the third this year involving NYPD officers.
On Jan. 9, officers shot and killed Michael Lynch, a former cop and FDNY lieutenant, during a stand off at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. His family said Lynch had no mental health issues and questioned the police account of the clash. Cops say Lynch was armed with a makshift weapon fashioned from a busted porcelain toilet seat and had cut himself and threatened others, refusing to drop the weapon as he moved toward police.
Later the same night, Dmitry Zass, 37, was shot dead when police said he advanced on officers while armed with what turned out to be a fake pistol in the West Village. Zass, police said, had tried to flee the scene of a fender bender.
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