NYPD officers fatally shoot man armed with butcher knife after he advanced toward cops: police

Police said a 54-year-old man armed with a butcher knife was fatally shot by NYPD officers inside a Lower East Side apartment building.

NYPD officers shot and killed a man who police say charged at them with a butcher knife inside a Lower East Side apartment building Sunday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to the building around 4 p.m. following multiple 911 calls reporting a domestic dispute, assault, and a person armed with a weapon