NEW YORK—Police chased a man wielding a meat cleaver through midtown Manhattan Thursday, then shot him on a crowded street after he hacked the face of an off-duty police detective who tried to tackle him, authorities said. The man with the knife was shot at least twice and was hospitalized in critical but stable condition, police said. Police fired 18 shots at the man, but Bratton, who is retiring Friday, said he believed officers acted appropriately. Police ended up having to shoot the suspect after trying to subdue him with a Taser gun. ( Julie Jacobson / AP )The confrontation started, police said, when two uniformed officers encountered the man trying to remove an immobilizing boot from a parked vehicle.

Source: thestar September 16, 2016 01:18 UTC