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New York City police fatally shoot man who climbed up Brooklyn Bridge cables
theguardian.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Early Friday morning, NYPD officers responded to a 911 call about a man walking on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge, who was later seen holding a knife and threatening officers.
- Officers from the Emergency Service Unit (ESU) spent nearly an hour trying to verbally de-escalate the situation and convince the man to safely come down from the bridge.
- When the man descended the cable and approached officers with the knife extended, an ESU officer fired one shot, striking him; the man was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
- Police recovered a knife and flashlight from the scene, and the entire incident was recorded on police body cameras; the investigation is ongoing by the force investigation division.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed the officers’ efforts to de-escalate and stated that an internal investigation will follow, with body camera footage to be released.
