Police opened fire and killed a man with a gun in East Harlem early Sunday morningmarked police stores.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) received a report from the Washington NYCHA apartments at the corner of Third Avenue and 104th Street after 12:30 in the morning, on reports of an armed manthe authorities reported.
These sources said The suspect was a 62-year-old man, who refused to drop the weapon despite several warnings from the officers. which appeared on the site.
It was at that time One of the officers fired one shot at the person, hitting him in the torso and leg.sources said.
A witness said he heard one shot and another series of shots in response, which he gave to the officers.reported New York Post.
“If you had a gun, if you didn’t have a gun and they thought it was a gun, what’s wrong with Tasers? Why can’t they be used? “Why do you always have to reach for the damn gun when you have a Taser?” said the witness, who prefers to remain anonymous.
Lose Emergency services performed CPR on the subject before taking him to a nearby care facility, where he was pronounced dead..
Other witnesses said the suspect was an African-American man.
The weapon was recovered at the scene of the confrontationNYPD noted.
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