NYPD Officers Fatally Shoot Armed Man in East Harlem
Police responded to multiple calls about a man brandishing a gun at a public housing complex early Sunday morning.
- The 62-year-old man refused to comply with officers' commands to drop his weapon.
- Officers discharged their firearms, striking the man, who was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
- A firearm was recovered at the scene, and an investigation is ongoing.
- This incident marks at least the tenth fatal police shooting by the NYPD this year.
- Witnesses and police sources provided varying accounts of the confrontation.