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Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting Thursday night inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City that left a knife-wielding suspect dead.
NYPD Brooklyn South Commanding Officer Assistant Chief Charles Minch said police responded to multiple 911 calls around 5:27 p.m. for a violent man armed with a knife inside the hospital.
The man barricaded himself inside a room on the eighth floor with an elderly patient and a hospital security guard. He allegedly threatened to kill hospital staff, and had cut himself and attempted to cut others, Minch said during a news conference after the incident.
“This incident demonstrates the incredibly dangerous situation that our officers encounter every single day,” Minch said, noting that the information about the incident remained preliminary.
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Police vehicles are parked outside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Thursday, in Brooklyn, N.Y., after an officer shot a man wielding a sharp object inside. (AP Photo/David Caruso)
Minch said officers encountered blood throughout the room and door area and issued repeated verbal commands for the man to drop the weapon. Police attempted to use Tasers multiple times, but they were ineffective.
When the man “advanced toward officers with the weapon in his hand,” officers discharged their firearms, striking him, Minch said. The man was pronounced dead a short time later.
The suspect’s identity has not yet been released.
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a statement following the incident, calling the shooting “devastating” in an X post Friday,
“These tragedies are painful, whether they take place steps from our home or miles away,” wrote Mamdani in the post. “They are a reminder of the immense work that must be done to deliver genuine public safety — work [NYPD] Commissioner [Jessica] Tisch and I are undertaking together every day.”
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Police presence in Brooklyn after an officer-involved shooting. (WNYW)
The knife was recovered at the scene, and the entire incident was captured on officers’ body cameras, police said.
A law enforcement source told Fox News Digital the suspect was armed with a knife inside the hospital and security called for help.
The NYPD issued a statement on X asking the public to avoid the vicinity of 6th Street and 7th Avenue in Brooklyn at the time “due to a police investigation.”
Police presence in Brooklyn following an officer-involved shooting. (WNYW)
“Expect delays and heavy traffic in the surrounding area,” NYPD officials wrote in the post.
Mamdani shared that the NYPD is conducting an internal investigation.
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The hospital directed all inquiries to the NYPD.
