Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man In Harlem, NYPD Says

HARLEM, NY — Police officers shot an emotionally disturbed man Sunday night in Harlem as he approached two officers while armed with knives, NYPD Assistant Chief Rodney Harrison told reporters.

Officers arrived at 610 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 told Patch. When they knocked on the man's sixth floor apartment door he opened it while holding two knives, police said.

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The man ignored officers' commands to drop the knives as he approached them in the apartment hallway, police told Patch. A police officer fired a single shot, which hit the man in his left leg, police told Patch. The officers involved in the shooting were equipped with body cameras and the NYPD will release footage of the shooting at a to-be-determined date, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

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The man, who has not been identified, was taken to St. Luke's hospital and is expected to survive his injuries, police told Patch. After shooting the man, officers performed first aid while waiting for an ambulance to arrive, NYPD Assistant Chief Rodney Harrison told reporters.

An NYPD investigation into the police-involved shooting is ongoing, police told Patch.

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