Man accused of holding mom at knifepoint shot by cops in Bronx: NYPD

NYPD officers shoot man threatening mother with knife inside Bronx apartment

Police say they attempted to talk the man down for nearly three minutes before firing a single shot as he held a knife up to his mother's neck.

NYPD cop shoots Bronx man as he holds knife to mother’s neck

A 34-year-old man holding a large knife to his mother’s neck was shot and critically wounded by an officer inside a Bronx apartment, police said Friday. The Thursday night drama was described by Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera as a tense standoff “in which our officers were confronted with a dangerous and difficult situation and ultimately saved a woman’s life.” The encounter started when a security guard at an apartment building near Mulford Ave.…

Man accused of holding mom at knifepoint shot by cops in Bronx: NYPD

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – Police officers shot a man who was accused of holding his mother at knifepoint in the Bronx on Thursday, according to the NYPD. Police said an officer and a sergeant responded to a call near Mulford Avenue and Linden Place around 11:20 p.m. for a man armed with a knife attempting to harm himself. A security guard who works in the building where the shooting happened heard screaming and called 911, according to authoriti…

Man shot by officer while holding mother at knifepoint in the Bronx, NYPD says

A man holding his mother at knifepoint in a Bronx apartment was shot by an NYPD officer late Thursday night after refusing to drop the kitchen knife, according to police. Police said they were called to an apartment on Mulford Avenue around 11:20 p.m. after a security guard heard yelling. When they arrived officers saw a man with his arm around his mother’s neck and a knife in the other hand, the NYPD said. The officers tried to get the man to d…

NYPD officer shoots knife-wielding man who threatened to kill his mom in the Bronx

An NYPD officer shot a man who was threatening his mother at knifepoint inside an apartment in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx, police said.

Cops shoot, critically injure 34-year-old NYC man after he charges at them with knife: NYPD

An NYPD officer shot and gravely wounded a knife-wielding man in the Bronx Thursday night after he allegedly charged at the cops.