Suicidal Man Threatening Bystanders Shot By State Trooper, Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center: NYSP

TOWN OF ROCHESTER, NY — A domestic violence call in Ulster County ended with police shooting an armed man behaving erratically, according to police.

On Sunday, at 4:43 p.m., troopers from Ellenville were dispatched to a home on Berme Road, in the Town of Rochester, for a report of a suicidal man involved in a domestic violence situation. The man was also reported to have threatened at least one other person and children with a firearm.

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While en route, troopers were advised that he was armed, according to NYSP.

At the Ulster County home, troopers encountered the man holding a firearm, behaving erratically, and making suicidal statements, according to state police. He refused to comply with verbal commands, troopers at the scene reported.

During the encounter, one trooper discharged a single round from his division-issued firearm, striking the man, according to New York State Police.

Troopers and Ulster County Sheriff's deputies rendered aid and requested emergency medical services. The man was transported by ambulance to Ellenville Regional Hospital and subsequently airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, where he remains in critical but stable condition, according to officials.

The firearm recovered at the scene was identified as a loaded Taurus 9mm pistol.