Officers responded to a 911 call regarding a domestic dispute shortly after 9 a.m. Police say the 911 caller stated her husband was acting violent.
Three officers arrived at the home at 1138 Udall Rd., two of which approached the home. One of the officers opened the screen door and was charged at by the 911 caller's husband, identified as Taiquell Woodson, with a large knife, police say.Woodson then jumped on top of the officer, stabbing him repeatedly, "clearly attempting to kill him," Suffolk County Police Acting Commissioner Robert Waring said.
The officer was stabbed multiple times in the right arm, police say. Woodson attempted to stab the officer in the chest, but the knife did not penetrate through the officer's vest, police say. In response, one officer deployed his taser unsuccessfully, and a third officer fired a service weapon, striking Woodson.Police say his wife and a one-year-old child were in the house at the time of the incident.Suffolk County Police are investigating.
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