Nassau Officers Kill Man Who Attacked Them With Sword

A 36-year-old man was shot and killed by Nassau County police officers in Oceanside Tuesday night after police say he lunged at the officers with a sword.

According to police, the officers responded to a home on Columbus Avenue just after 6 p.m. for a domestic incident. The man, whom police have not identified, was involved in an argument with his father and sister, and had multiple knives on him. According to Newsday, the man had a history of mental illness.

Police say the officers were interviewing the man's father when he entered carrying multiple knives, and then a samurai sword. The officers gave him many orders to drop the weapon police said, but the man did not. He then lunged at the officers with the sword. Both officers shot him.

The officers then performed CPR on the man and called for an ambulance. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:48 p.m.

Police say the officers were also taken to the hospital for treatment. The investigation is ongoing.

It was the second death in Oceanside in as many days. On Monday, 16-year-old Khaseen Morris was stabbed to death in a brawl outside a shopping center in Oceanside. Police are still searching for his killer.