A second police capturing in New York Metropolis over the course of final weekend is prompting questions on how a person who investigators imagine known as 911 over issues of a potential theft ended up getting shot by responding officers.
Two officers have been dispatched Sunday night to a Bronx condominium constructing on East 148th Road for a report of somebody attempting to steal an air con unit, Deputy Chief Rohan Griffith mentioned at a press convention.
After failing to search out the caller at his condominium on the constructing’s second flooring, Griffith mentioned the officer retreated down the staircase towards the primary flooring the place they got here throughout a 32-year-old man holding a kitchen knife.
“One officer gave the male verbal commands to ‘wait, wait, wait,'” Griffith mentioned. The officer instructed the person to drop the knife and signaled along with her fingers to cease, the deputy chief defined.
Regardless of the directions, the person allegedly continued to maneuver towards the officers, prompting one among them to open fireplace and strike him within the torso. The second officer didn’t discharge her weapon, based on police.
The 32-year-old was picked up by EMS and brought to Lincoln Hospital the place he was anticipated to outlive. The 2 officers have been additionally taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
The NYPD shared a picture of the knife they mentioned was recovered on the scene.
This was the knife recovered on the scene of at the moment’s incident within the Bronx. https://t.co/PhXAzgBLlh pic.twitter.com/I4vum8maud
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) January 13, 2025
“While we are in the early stages of this investigation, at this time we believe that the male with the knife was actually the 911 caller,” Griffith mentioned.
Completely different video angles captured the night incident, he mentioned. The person’s actions have been captured within the constructing’s courtyard, the place he gave the impression to be confronting one other man, by surveillance cameras and the stairwell change by the officers’ body-worn cameras.
“This situation was extremely fast-moving, lasted only a few seconds, and in an extremely tight stairwell,” Griffith mentioned.
Investigators have been additionally trying right into a language barrier between the person and responding officers. Griffith defined that the 911 caller spoke Spanish when he spoke with dispatchers and it wasn’t instantly clear if the officers and the person may perceive each other.
The NYPD’s Drive Investigation Division is main the investigation into the Bronx capturing.
On Friday evening, police shot a person in Brooklyn after allegedly pointing a gun at an NYPD sergeant throughout a foot chase. A 50-year-old man was taken to the hospital and was being handled for crucial accidents.
