Overview
- The 53-year-old man, ejected after a dispute inside City Fresh Market, returned minutes later Monday with a 13-inch kitchen knife and banged on the locked doors around 1:30 a.m.
- Officers arrived on Third Avenue, gave repeated orders to drop the weapon, and an officer shot the man when he advanced with the blade extended.
- The man was struck in the abdomen and taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was in stable condition Monday evening.
- Investigators recovered the large kitchen knife and about seven shell casings, and the encounter was recorded on police body cameras and store surveillance video.
- The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division, which reviews all police shootings for compliance with use-of-force rules, is examining the case.