A confrontation between police officers and a man who evaded his subway fare ended in a shooting at a Brooklyn train station, leaving four people wounded, including one officer, two bystanders, and the suspect.
NEW YORK — Four people were wounded at a Brooklyn train station Sunday when police officers shot at a man threatening them with a knife, authorities said. The people hit by police gunfire included the man with the blade, one of the officers and two innocent bystanders.
The wounded police officer had a bullet enter his torso under his armpit and lodge in his back but was also expected to recover.The shooting happened a little after 3 p.m. when two officers followed a man up the station steps to an elevated platform after seeing him enter without paying, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said.
Maddrey said the man was advancing on the officers when the knife drawn when both officers fired multiple rounds. Both officers then gave first aid to the man, before one of them realized that he, too, had been hit by a bullet. The Democrat described the man who evaded the subway fare as a “career criminal,” saying he had over 20 arrests. Maddrey said the man had a history of mental illness.
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