A man with a knife was shot by cops after a dramatic confrontation in midtown Manhattan this afternoon. According to FDNY, the incident happened around 3:15 p.m.—the 30-year-old suspect, who was carrying at least one knife, led police on a brief chase down 7th Avenue from 44th Street to 37th Street, where he was shot. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
Many onlookers tweeted about the the confrontation, with some claiming the man had multiple knives, a blunt, or possible a gun as well. "Just saw a dude with a butcher size knife get chased through times square by cops. Apparently, they chased him down and shot him. #knife," tweeted Rick Johnson. Check out more tweets below.
Somebody ran past yelling there'd been a shooting, another said someone pulled a knife. Still don't know what happened.
#timessquare#NYC— Allison Cloyd (@AllieM_Reads) August 11, 2012
Omg! Time to go home!! Man in times square with a machete ...like 20 cops came out of nowhere with guns drawn! I'm traumatized!!
— Margo Jordan ♥ (@_MargoSunshine_) August 11, 2012
Say werd? RT
@slikniktheruler: Holy shit theres a dude running around times square with a gun right now..cops out here like gta— Mr Famous Nobody (@MrFamousNobody) August 11, 2012
Just saw a guy with a knife, 30 cops and more than 5 police cars running by me at Times Square. What's up???
— DJ Sashimi (@dj_sashimi) August 11, 2012
Homeboy pulled a Piece in time square., cops shot 4 , 5 times got this man leaking heavy smh . Thank god we starting walking away in time
— Andy GoodLife (@BostonstackZ) August 11, 2012
20 police officers against 1 person.... Killed him right in the middle of the street
— vivian rachael (@vivian__xoxo) August 11, 2012
@lajoie24 some guy was running down times square with a big knife and 3 pistols... He was literally 50 yards from us. Cops shot him...— Dan Fetes TRW (@danfetes) August 11, 2012