Man Took Knife From Scene After Police Shooting at Subway Station

UPDATE Sep 17, 2024 1:30 AM CDT

Someone made off with a knife from a crime scene in the aftermath of a weekend police shooting at a New York City subway station, police said Monday. An image of the folding knife, with a blade about the width of a man's palm, was released by the New York City Police Department Sunday evening, the AP reports. The department said a man threatened two officers with the knife before they opened fire shortly after 3pm, wounding him, one of the officers, and two passengers. On Monday, police said the knife was taken from the scene by another man at around 3:35pm Sunday. The department is now looking for that man, and released an image of a person wearing a blue hat featuring the logo of the defunct Hartford Whalers ice hockey team.

Sep 16, 2024 1:00 AM CDT

Four people were wounded at a Brooklyn train station Sunday when police officers shot at a man threatening them with a knife, authorities said. The people hit by police gunfire included the man with the blade, one of the officers, and two innocent bystanders, the AP reports. The bloody confrontation began when two officers confronted a man who entered the station without paying his fare, officials said. One of the bystanders, a 49-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition. The man suspected of evading his fare, 37, was shot several times but was in stable condition. A 26-year-old woman suffered a graze wound. The wounded police officer had a bullet enter his torso under his armpit and lodge in his back but was also expected to recover.

The shooting happened a little after 3pm when two officers followed a man up the station steps to an elevated platform after seeing him enter without paying, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said. The officers told the man to stop, but he refused, muttering "I'm going to kill you if you don't stop following me," Maddrey said. In the course of the encounter, the officers noticed the man had a knife, Maddrey said. They followed him on to a train that had pulled into the station and fired two Tasers, but neither incapacitated the man, Maddrey said. Maddrey said the man was advancing on the officers with the knife drawn when both officers fired multiple rounds. Both officers then gave first aid to the man, before one of them realized that he, too, had been hit by a bullet.

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