Officers fired during a clash with a man who pulled a knife after being stopped for fare evasion, police say.

New York police have defended their actions after a bystander was shot in the head as two officers tackled a fare-evader armed with a knife in a busy subway station.

The man was in critical condition after the shooting at Sutter Avenue L station in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Three others, including the suspect, were wounded.

  • @RamblingPanda
    50•1 day ago

    Janno Liever, the chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said that the incident “started because somebody wanted to come to the transit system with a weapon, somebody who… had a history of crime and a history of violence and even gun charges”.

    Yes, and besides those two there was a guy with a knife as well.