Police say the knife-armed man charged at them before they opened fire on the subway.
took to the streets in protest this week as the NYPD released body camera footage of a police shooting involving a subway fare-evader armed with a knife that drew heavy public criticism.
After Mickles exited through the turnstile and re-entered the station through the emergency gate, police say the two officers chased Mickles onto the subway platform. They then confronted him and repeatedly ordered him to drop his knife, but Mickles refused to comply, police say. After a brief pursuit along the subway platform, Mickles finds himself cornered, flanked by two officers. He charges, then abruptly halts, and then video shows the officers discharging their weapons multiple times in his direction, causing Mickles to collapse into the subway car.
Two bystanders and an officer were also struck by gunfire in the incident, according to police, who said one of those bystanders was hit by a stray bullet in the head and was still in critical condition as of Friday, the New York Times
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