Overview
- Officers responded to a welfare call on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday and confronted a man armed with a knife.
- Police say the man suddenly charged at officers and they opened fire, striking him and then transporting him to Bellevue Hospital in an unknown condition.
- The NYPD closed the bridge walkway during the response and warned people to avoid the Brooklyn-bound approach before reopening the span to traffic later that morning.
- Investigators described the probe as substantial and police scheduled a press briefing to provide further details about the shooting and the sequence of events.
- The encounter highlights the challenges of crisis responses to potentially suicidal or mentally distressed people and the ripple effects on morning commuters and local transit operations.