According to multiple reports, a man wielding a knife attacked an off-duty NYPD officer on Thursday afternoon outside Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. Police officers reportedly fired upon the attacker, hitting him, and grazing one officer in the back with a bullet. The suspect, described by police sources as an “emotionally disturbed person,” reportedly attacked the officer with a hatchet following an initial altercation. The two injured officers were taken to Bellevue Hospital, along with the suspect, who is reportedly in critical condition.
Scene of Penn Station cleaver attack roped off, bomb squad just arrived pic.twitter.com/YuRdgIqn9N
— Katie Zavadski (@katiezavadski) September 15, 2016
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