A knife-wielding man in the Bronx was shot and seriously injured by an NYPD officer Thursday night after he allegedly charged at the officers.
According to the NYPD, at approximately 11:20 p.m., police were called to a complaint of a guy inside an apartment on Mulford Avenue in the borough’s Pelham Bay neighborhood brandishing a knife.
According to police, the 34-year-old was repeatedly told to drop the knife by the two responding policemen, but he refused.
Police say that as the guy “advanced” at them with his knife still in hand, one of the policemen struck him with his service weapon.
He was taken in critical condition to Jacobi Medical Center.
Additionally, both officers were brought to a nearby hospital for assessment.
At the site, investigators found a knife. The authorities have started an investigation.
