Overview
- Police say the 29-year-old was shot after charging at officers during a domestic call around 12:25 a.m. at 11870 Nameoke Street in Queens.
- The man's parents met two officers, entered the apartment, then encountered him in the hallway holding a box cutter.
- After a brief struggle between father and son, the father moved behind officers as they issued repeated commands to drop the weapon.
- One officer deployed a Taser as another fired a gun, striking the man, after which officers performed CPR and EMS took him to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- NYPD officials say the incident was recorded on body-worn cameras, a photo of the recovered box cutter was released at a briefing, the officers were evaluated at a hospital, and their names were not disclosed.