Police fatally shoot man in Bushwick: NYPD

BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Police fatally shot a man in Bushwick in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. 

Two officers were in a police car on Elder Street between Central and Evergreen Avenues around 2:20 a.m. when a man tapped on their car, according to Chief of Patrol John Chell. 

The officers stepped out of the car and engaged the 26-year-old, who they said had two knives, according to Chell. Chell said officers tried to “verbally de-escalate” before they both tased the man, causing him to drop one of his knives. 

The man allegedly got back up and moved towards the officers, at which point both shot at him, Chell said. The man was rushed to an area hospital and later died, Chell said. 

The police had just finished up a domestic violence call before the incident, Chell said.

Elsewhere in Brooklyn, a man was fighting for his life after he was struck by a police car during a chase in Brownsville overnight Sunday, Chell said. 

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