[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The response to a domestic dispute at a Lower East Side apartment took a fatal turn early Friday when police officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man as he stabbed his partner, the police said. The incident highlights one of the more fraught duties of New York City’s police officers: responding to the city’s staggering number of domestic violence calls. In December 2018 alone, the Police Department fielded some 16,400 domestic incident runs. Despite concerted efforts from city agencies to combat it, domestic murders and domestic violence remain stubborn problems across the five boroughs.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 17:37 UTC