Officers fired during a clash with a man who pulled a knife after being stopped for fare evasion, police say.

New York police have defended their actions after a bystander was shot in the head as two officers tackled a fare-evader armed with a knife in a busy subway station.

The man was in critical condition after the shooting at Sutter Avenue L station in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Three others, including the suspect, were wounded.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    3 months ago

    Wait so did they find the knife? I was reading reports they couldn’t even find a knife.

    Edit: yup, no knife

    The police said on Sunday that a knife had been recovered and posted a picture on social media. The next day, however, it posted another message saying the knife had been taken from the crime scene by an unidentified man

    I will point out that the story has a body cam screenshot showing the knife, presumably in the suspect’s hand.

    • MagicShel@programming.dev
      66·
      3 months ago

      The clothing in the picture doesn’t match the clothing the suspect was booked in. So it’s still in question.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        742·
        3 months ago

        You mean the NYPD would just go out there on the internet and tell lies?!?

        Yeah, not surprised.