BRONX, NY – A 22-year-old man was fatally shot by the NYPD inside a 7-Eleven in the Throgs Neck area on Saturday at around 2:10 pm.
According to NYPD Assistant Chief of Patrol in the Bronx, Benjamin Gurley, the man was allegedly threatening an officer and an employee with a knife.
The man had been in the store for approximately 20 minutes before the incident. An employee returned to find the man standing behind the cashier counter holding a knife. Two officers arrived at the scene after being alerted by another employee.
According to Gurley, the man lunged at one of the officers with a knife, leading the officer to shoot him once in the torso. The man was pronounced dead at Jacobi Hospital at 3:14 pm.
The NYPD has body-worn camera footage and surveillance video of the incident. The state Attorney General’s office is conducting a preliminary review of the incident as required by law.