Overview
- Officers responded around 5:30 p.m. to reports of a man with a knife inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope.
- Police sources say a Taser deployment failed to subdue the suspect before an officer opened fire and struck him.
- The suspect was taken into custody and was reported in critical condition, with no other injuries reported.
- Authorities activated a Level 1 mobilization and briefly locked down parts of the hospital before lifting the measures.
- The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is leading the probe, and officials have not released the suspect’s identity or how many officers discharged their weapons.