A man who was acting erratically while armed with a knife outside a Queens church was shot by NYPD officers after he stabbed security guard, according to police
One of the officers then fired a stun gun at the man, before both provided aid and got him to the hospital. The 59-year-old man is expected to survive.
The 40-year-old security guard was also taken to the hospital, where he was said to be recovering from his injury. Police at the press conference commended the actions of the security guard, saying that the situation could have been much worse had the man gone inside the church and administrative building close by, where people were inside.
The suspect has not yet been identified, but police said he has not documented criminal history they are aware of. Police did not say if the suspect said anything in particular to police or the security guard, only noting that he appeared to be mentally distressed as he yelled sounds at officers. The Queens incident marked the one of three police shootings of the day. In Brooklyn, a 78-year-old man was shot and killed by officers responding to a burglary call in the middle of the afternoon on Lewis Avenue in Bed-Stuy, police said.
Later in the evening, another person was shot by an NYPD officer in the Bronx. In that incident, the suspect was chased onto tracks near West 231st Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge neighborhood, according to a senior police official. The suspect allegedly pointed a gun at uniformed cops before an officer opened fire, hitting the suspect.
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