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An officer and at the least one passenger have been injured in a New York Metropolis subway station when police opened hearth on a person allegedly brandishing a knife. The violent scene was captured on physique digicam.
In footage from final Sunday in Brooklyn … police may be heard yelling at a person to “drop the knife” he's holding — a reasonably dangerous-looking lengthy blade — and tasing him a number of occasions, to no avail. He then chases after the officer, at which level they shoot him a number of occasions.
The suspect…nonetheless holding the knife and with a disbelieving look on his face…falls to the bottom as a pool of blood begins to type round him, as one of many officers yells that he has been hit by one of many bullets.
One other bystander was additionally hit within the head by a bullet, the NY Put up reported. His household has since criticized police for opening hearth in what they thought-about reckless style.
Mayor Eric Adams launched an announcement Friday evening expressing his condolences to the “harmless bystanders” concerned within the accident, including, partially, “We pray for his or her speedy restoration.”
The suspect survived the taking pictures … and has been charged with tried assault on a police officer with a lethal weapon, the Put up reported.
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It’s unclear how effectively the shot officer and bystander are recovering.
