Officials say the confrontations in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx share a key detail.
KINGSBRIDGE, The Bronx --
Officials are continuing their investigations into three separate police shootings in New York City on Thursday. Police say they had no choice but to shoot in the three incidents, and officials say the confrontations in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx share a key detail. Police said in press conferences after all three shootings that officers gave commands to drop the weapons but the suspects did not comply.A man pointed a gun at police on the catwalk andIn Jamaica, Queens, police say a man with a history of mental illness stabbed a church security guard on 164th Street before approaching officers with the same knife.When he didn't comply the, who still didn't drop the weapon until an arriving supervisor used a taser.
In that case, Richard Moncrieffe, 59, is charged with assault, menacing a police officer, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.two officers shot a 78-year-old manThe man did not survive. It is believed the initial 911 call in that shooting came from the man's nephew who was concerned someone may have broken in."And we'll learn more about what exactly happened and hopefully we'll have some better answers," said Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey.
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