A man armed with a knife inside a Brooklyn apartment was shot and killed by NYPD officers responding to a 911 call about a domestic dispute, according to police.
Officers were called to an apartment building on Christopher Avenue in Brownsville just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, police said, after a caller said she had received a threatening phone call from her ex — the father of her children who was known to carry weapons, including hammers and machetes. The woman said the man told her he was on his way to the home.
The caller told police her ex was angry because another man had been watching their children, and she believed he was coming to kill her, NYPD Chief of Housing Charles McEvoy said at a press conference. She went to the building's lobby to wait for police to arrive.
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WATCH HEREThe officers walked the woman back upstairs to her apartment at the Glenmore Plaza housing development, where they found the 25-year-old man wielding a knife, according to police.
Within seconds of entering the home, the man pulled the weapon from his waistband and moved toward the officers. One of the officers deployed a Taser, which police said was ineffective. As the man got closer to them, the officer's partner fired two shots, striking the man in the chest, police said.
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SIGN UP The man was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he later died. The man has not yet been identified, and police said it was not clear whether he had prior run-ins with the law. It also was not known how he got into the apartment.
A knife was recovered at the scene.
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The officers who responded to the apartment were not injured, but were taken to be evaluated at the hospital. The woman and children were uninjured as well.
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
