Harlem Police Shooting Body-Cam Footage Released By NYPD: VIDEO

HARLEM, NY — The NYPD has released footage from the body-worn cameras of a police officer who shot an emotionally distressed man in Harlem.

On Oct. 22 two police officers responded to 10 W. 143rd St., between Broadway and Riverside Drive, around 5:30 p.m. after receiving a call that a man was trying to kill himself at that location, police said. When they knocked on the man's sixth floor apartment door he opened it while holding two knives, police said.

The man, now identified as 27-year-old Paris Cummings, was shot after running at the police officers while holding the weapons, police said.

Video released by the NYPD Monday shows that the shooting occurred within seconds of Cummings opening his apartment door.

"Whoa, whoa whoa," one officer is heard saying after realizing that Cummings is armed.

The officer wearing the body camera instructs Cummings to drop the knives, according to the video. When Cummings ignores the commands, the officer draws his gun and shouts "put the f***ing knife down."

The police officers back further down the Harlem building's hallway, according to the body-camera footage. The officer wearing the body camera fires off one shot when Cummings exits his apartment into the hallway and runs toward him.

Watch the video below (Warning, violence depicted):

Cummings suffered a non-lethal gunshot wound to his leg and was taken to St. Luke's hospital, police said. After shooting the man, officers performed first aid while waiting for an ambulance to arrive, NYPD Assistant Chief Rodney Harrison told reporters.

Photo/video by NYPD