Overview
- Officers responding to a domestic disturbance at a Topping Drive home in Riverhead shot and killed a man who was stabbing his mother, according to police.
- Police said the man refused to drop a knife when officers confronted him inside the home.
- The mother suffered multiple stab wounds and was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
- Three Southampton officers were evaluated at a hospital and released after the incident, authorities said.
- State investigators are reviewing the case, and neighbors and WABC reported the woman uses a wheelchair and had previously reported abuse, including a 911 call saying she feared her son.