NYPD officers fatally shoot man with knife in Queens after taser fails
QUEENS - Police shot a man with a knife in Queens early Saturday morning after a failed attempt to discharge their tasers.
Two officers assigned to patrol the area near Roosevelt Avenue said they noticed the man with a knife a little after 4 a.m.
The man was allegedly wielding the weapon in an argument with a woman.
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Scene where police shot a man wielding a knife in an argument with a woman in Queens.
According to police, the officers repeatedly asked the man to drop the weapon, but he refused.
Officers discharged their tasers, but they said it didn't work.
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Police said the man with a knife was noncompliant.
They gave further commands to drop the weapon, but the man was noncompliant.
Officers said at that point they shot the man.
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Scene where police shot a man wielding a knife in an argument with a woman in Queens.
It is unclear how many times the man was shot.
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Scene where police shot a man wielding a knife in an argument with a woman in Queens.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.