Police Involved Shooting in Maspeth Queens September 17, 2018

At approximately 5:32 p.m., two simultaneous marked radio patrol cars arrived and met a 54-year-old female in front of the location who identified herself as the 911 caller. She directed the officers to the second floor upstairs apartment at that address. She also told the officers that she believed there was a female intruder in the home armed with a knife or a razor. The police officers entered the home to conduct a search for the intruder. As the officers were searching the home the 54-year-old female that had met them in front and said that she called 911, entered the home behind the officers. At some point during the time in the apartment, which was a total of 50 seconds from the time the officers entered the front of the apartment, two shots were fired. The 54-year-old woman came at the officers with a knife and lunged at them. One of the officers gave direction to put the knife down. We know this because there was body camera video. Subsequently one officer discharges his service weapon three times striking the female in the torso.