EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Police fatally shot a person in East Flatbush in the early hours of Sunday, according to the NYPD.
The shooting happened around 1:18 a.m. near 52nd Street and Church Avenue, according to Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey. Police say the male was armed with a gun.
Two police officers and a sergeant were on patrol when they found a male “pointing a gun” at another person, according to Maddrey. The officers approached the two and the person with the gun started to run away, Maddrey said.
The officers told him to drop the gun and eventually tased him, Maddrey said. After more commands to drop the gun police “fired their weapons,” bringing him to the ground, according to Maddrey.
The male was rushed to an area hospital where he later died, Maddrey said.
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