Overview
- Officers from the NYPD 7th Precinct responded to multiple 911 calls about a domestic dispute and, on Sunday afternoon, found blood leading up a Ludlow Street stairwell.
- Police say they encountered a man carrying a large butcher knife, ordered him to drop the weapon, deployed a Taser that had no effect, then fired at least four times.
- Reports differ on the suspect’s outcome: some outlets say he was pronounced dead at a hospital while other accounts say he was taken to Bellevue in critical condition.
- A 75-year-old man identified in reporting as the suspect’s father was found with a head laceration and is expected to survive, and police recovered the knife at the scene.
- The NYPD Emergency Services Unit secured the building, four officers received treatment for minor injuries at NewYork-Presbyterian, and authorities have asked the public to avoid Rivington and Ludlow Streets while the probe continues.