NYPD officers responding to a 911 call at a Brooklyn home were met with a knife-wielding suspect, sparking a confrontation that ended with the suspect being shot by police, authorities say.
The officers went to the home on Hancock Street in Bushwick Wednesday evening for a report of a woman being assaulted, police said.
When the officers arrived, a man in the home grabbed a knife and began to cut himself in the hand and arm, according to law enforcement sources.
He then lunged at the officers with the knife, and an officer fired a single shot at the suspect, hitting him in the stomach, the sources said.
The suspect was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition with non life-threatening injuries. No officers were hurt.
Neighbor Jasmine McPhatter said she was walking from her house to the store when she saw the police officers pull up.
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"I saw them run in, I heard a shot and then the girl screamed," she said. "I ducked, because anytime you hear something like that you just duck. Then I just ran to cover at the store."
The shooting came two days after two NYPD officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx were shot by an armed suspect. One of the shot officers was released from the hospital Wednesday as the suspects in case were arraigned.
