A person was shot by NYPD officers who were apparently trying to break up a fight in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, police said, stressing the preliminary nature of the investigation. A report of the shooting at Utica Avenue and Avenue K came in just before 2 p.

A New York City Police detective shot a man armed with a box cutter in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, police say. It happened just before 2 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in the Flatlands neighborhood.

NEW YORK - A man is in critical condition after being shot by police in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. Authorities say the man was armed with a box cutter and ignored repeated warnings to drop the weapon before advancing toward officers, forcing them to open fire.