NEW YORK (AP) - A man wanted in a shooting incident last month was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers on a New York City street, police said Thursday.
The shooting occurred on Thursday afternoon after a NYPD fugitive task force arrived at a Queens address looking for the suspect in a non-fatal shooting of four people in September. Officers tried to stop him as he entered a car to get away and crashed into another vehicle about a mile away, prompting a short foot pursuit, police said.
After the suspect drew two handguns, the officers can be heard on a body camera telling him several times to drop the weapons, Chief of Department Terence Monahan said at a briefing.
“The suspect then apparently fired at least four times at the officers and the officers returned fire numerous times, striking the suspect.” Monahan said.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the hospital. No officers were injured.
The two guns in the man’s possession were recovered at the scene, police said.
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