Police opened fire on a gunman who refused to drop his weapon on Staten Island, with no one struck before the suspect was arrested Sunday, according to cop sources.
It was the city’s fourth police-involved shooting in as many days.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired at Bowen St. and Sobel Court in Fox Hills around 3:50 p.m. encountered an armed man who refused commands to drop his gun, sources said.
After an officer discharged his own weapon, the man was arrested without further incident, they added. A large crime scene with at least three shell casings was seen.
Further details were not immediately known.
Sunday’s incident came after a stunning series of police-involved shootings within the span of just a few hours last week.
A 78-year-old Brooklyn man who answered a door knock with a gun in his hand was fatally shot by two NYPD officers Thursday afternoon, according to police
Hours later, cops shot and wounded a man when he pointed a gun at them on the catwalk of elevated tracks by a Bronx subway station, authorities said.
It turned out to be plastic, but lacked an orange tip, according to a criminal complaint.
Suspect Remie Sanchez was slapped with charges including unlawful possession or use of an imitation pistol and placed on supervised release following a court appearance, the Bronx district attorney’s office said Sunday.
Also Thursday, police shot a suspect who advanced toward them with a knife after stabbing a church security guard in Jamaica, Queens.
With Thomas Tracy
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