NYPD shoot, kill 19-year-old man with scissors in Queens

NEW YORK - A 19-year-old man has died after he was shot by an NYPD officer in Queens on Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities say the shooting happened just after 1:30 p.m. near 103rd Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park.

Authorities say officers responded to a 9-1-1 call Win Rozario placed on himself, saying that he was experiencing a mental crisis.  

As the officers arrived on the scene, they went to the second-floor apartment where Rozario was and attempted to take him into custody. That is when police say Rozario pulled a pair of scissors out of a drawer and came at the officers.

Both officers deployed their tasers, which briefly stopped the suspect, but Rozario's mother attempted to aid him, knocking the tasers out of his body.

Police say Rozario picked up the scissors and came at the officers again, and the officers discharged their firearms, striking the man.

Rozario was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Both officers were treated for tinnitus at Jamaica Hospital. 

In response to the shooting, Communities United for Police Reform issued a statement demanding the NYPD be removed from mental health responses.