NYPD Officers Fatally Shoot 54-Year-Old Wei Chan After Lower East Side Knife Confrontation
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
NYPD Officers Fatally Shoot 54-Year-Old Wei Chan After Lower East Side Knife Confrontation
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Summary
126 Ludlow Street became the scene of a fatal police shooting Sunday after officers responding to multiple 911 calls about an assault found 54-year-old Wei Chan on a staircase with a large butcher knife.
NYPD said officers followed a trail of blood upstairs, repeatedly ordered Chan to show his hands and drop the weapon, then opened fire when he kept advancing toward them.
Cheung Chan, Wei Chan’s 75-year-old father, was found with a head laceration that investigators said was inflicted before police arrived; he was hospitalized and is expected to survive.
Melissa Eger said Wei Chan had no known criminal history with the department but did have a documented mental health history; the responding officers were also taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the shooting will face an internal NYPD investigation and that body-camera footage will be released.