There's a crime scene developing on East Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B… closer to B.
Witnesses reported hearing a single gun shot inside 538 E. Sixth St.
And there is an unconfirmed report that the man shot was an undercover NYPD officer.
Said a witness at the scene: "I think there was a scuffle and then the single shot. I heard that. Other people who happened to be right there said they heard a scuffle.
Updated 2:19 p.m.
Updated 2:34 p.m.
Per PIX 11:
A man is in critical condition after a police-involved shooting.
Two detectives were conducting an investigation at East 6th Street just before 2 p.m. when the shooting occurred.
No other info at the moment.
Updated 2:49 p.m.
Updated 2:52 p.m.
From
the Post:
A man was shot and critically wounded by police in the East Village, sources said.
Two police officers suffered lacerations to their heads but it wasn’t immediately clear if they were attacked by the suspect.
Updated 2:58 p.m.
Updated 3:08 p.m.
The Daily News reports that the two officers shot a man in the following an altercation. There aren't many other details at the moment.
According to people at the scene, the house in question includes a drug-treatment facility and that the suspect was trying to steal methadone. (All unconfirmed.)
Updated 3:29 p.m.
From the crime reporter at the
Post...
Updated 3:41 p.m.
The
Post confirms that the suspect was shot dead.
Police shot and killed a man as they tried to arrest him Saturday at an East Village halfway house, authorities said.
Detectives from the 26th Precinct in Harlem tried to arrest the suspect around 1:45 p.m. at a facility for people released from psychiatric institutions near the intersection of East 6th Street and Avenue A.
The suspect grabbed one of the detectives’ radios, and then hit the detective over the head, said sources.
Updated 8:30 p.m.
The
Times has an updated story. Here's some of their report:
When they confronted him on the sixth floor, he jumped out a window and climbed down the fire escape, Chief O’Neill said. The detectives were able to catch up to him on the first floor.
“A violent physical struggle ensued, during which the suspect grabbed one of the police officer’s walkie-talkies and struck the detective in the head,” Chief O’Neill said.
The struggle lasted for about five minutes he said, ending when one of the detectives fired a single shot into the man’s torso.
The detectives, who were in plain clothes and who were not identified, each had over 20 years with the department.
Updated 8:36 p.m.
Some photos from the scene this afternoon via Edward Arrocha …
Updated 7 a.m., 4/26
Dave on 7th notes that there was a lone protestor last night on Avenue A at East Sixth Street … with signs reading "disarm the NYPD" and others…
Updated 12:35 p.m.
The
Post identifies the victim as Felix David, 22, who was wanted for "beating and robbing a female acquaintance in a classroom building at City College in Harlem on Thursday evening."
The
Post also reported that some of the five-minute struggle between David and the NYPD officers was captured on video.