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Police: Man shot, killed by officers in Washington Heights
A 29-year-old man was fatally shot by NYPD officers throughout an incident early Sunday in Washington Heights, officers mentioned.
In accordance with police, at roughly 3 a.m. Sunday, members from the 34 Precinct Neighborhood Security Group noticed two males combating in a crowd on Nagle Avenue, one in all which was armed. After repeated warnings to drop his gun, 4 officers discharged their weapons. The person was taken to an space hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.
Police didn’t say whether or not the suspect had fired on the officers.
One other male had a graze wound earlier than NYPD arrived. Officers had been despatched to the hospital to be handled for tinnitus, police mentioned.
A gun was recovered on the scene, police say.