- NYPD officers spent more than an hour negotiating with a man in the Bronx
- The suspect was wielding a knife and what appeared to be a silver handgun
- After an hour, the man raised the gun forcing police to react with deadly force
- One officer fired a Taser while two others fired their service weapons
The NYPD has shot dead a man brandishing a knife and a fake gun in the first officer involved shooting captured on a body camera.
The suspect was killed in the Bronx on Wednesday after his landlord expressed concern the tenant had not been seen in a while.
After responding officers attended the scene on Pratt Avenue in the Bronx, the 31-year-old tenant brandished a knife. His second hand, carrying a toy gun was behind his back.
The suspect was brandishing this knife for more than an hour during Wednesday’s standoff
Officers shot the man dead after he raised this toy gun towards the police
NYPD Chief of Department Carlos Gomez, pictured, said his officers repeatedly ordered the man to drop his knife and only responded with force when he raised the gun
According to a press conference, NYPD Chief of Department Carlos Gomez said officers repeatedly asked the man to drop his knife.
When they noticed the object in his right hand, Gomez said: ‘The officers asked the male if the gun was real and ordered him to drop it, explaining and adding, “We don’t want to hurt you”.’
The standoff on the doorstep lasted more than an hour according to the New York Daily News.
According to Gomez, the man eventually raised his right hand, forcing the officers to respond.
He said: ‘One officer fired his Taser as the two other officers fired their service weapons, striking the subject several times.’
The incident was captured on four different body cameras. The footage of the incident has not yet been released.
Four of the officers were wearing body cameras, pictured, which captured the incident