By Associated Press - Friday, May 24, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say an officer shot a woman who was lunging at him with a knife.

A police spokesman says she was hospitalized and is expected to survive the shooting at about 11:30 p.m. Friday in Queens Village.

No officer was injured.



Police have no other immediate information about the violent encounter in a commercial neighborhood at 212th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Queens.

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