This is the fifth time NYPD officers have fired their weapons in just over a week.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A resident of a Bronx supportive housing facility for people with mental illness is in critical condition after police shot him while he was holding scissors and a knife, NYPD officials said during a press conference on Friday morning.
Chell said officers tried to distract the man and ordered him to put down the scissors. But he said the man started sprinting toward one of the responding officers, who fired three times. Police have not named the man who was shot but said he had a documented mental health condition and was known by the department. Chell also said he was a resident of an assisted living facility where the shooting took place, about a mile from Yankee Stadium.
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