By Police1 Staff
NEW YORK — A man was shot by police after reportedly attacking two officers with a meat cleaver.
According to ABC News, the officers spotted a man carrying a meat cleaver near Macy’s in New York City.
One officer was struck with the meat cleaver & transported to an area hospital. The suspect was also hit by an officer. All info preliminary
— J. Peter Donald (@JPeterDonald) September 15, 2016
Officers asked the man to drop his weapon and fired several shots when he refused to comply. Both officers were transported to the hospital with lacerations to the head, but their conditions were described as non-life threatening.
The attacker was also taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
Bystander video of the aftermath shows a large police presence in the area.
A large crowd assembled around the scene, which was blocked off by police tape and surrounded by marked police vehicles. An ambulance and empty stretcher can be seen in the footage.