A 34-year-old man is in critical condition after NYPD officers shot him while he allegedly held a large knife to his mother’s neck in a Bronx apartment. The incident unfolded late Thursday night when police responded to a 911 call regarding a domestic dispute involving screaming, leading to a dangerous standoff in which officers attempted to persuade the suspect to surrender the weapon and release his 61-year-old mother.
For over two minutes, officers engaged with the man as he made repeated threats to kill his mother while brandishing the knife. Despite their efforts, the situation escalated, prompting an officer to fire a single shot that incapacitated the suspect. Remarkably, the mother was unharmed during the encounter, which was captured on police body cameras, underscoring the tense and life-threatening conditions faced by law enforcement in such domestic incidents.
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