Police release bodycam of officer-involved shooting

The NYPD released bodycam footage from an October 22 incident in which a man was shot in the leg by an officer at an upper Manhattan apartment.

Two officers were reportedly responding to a suicide intervention call at an apartment on West 143rd Street encountered a 27-year-old male armed with two knives. After repeated commands for the suspect to drop the weapons, one officer fired a single bullet, striking the man in the leg. He sustained a non-fatal injuries.

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