Man Attacks 2 NYPD Officers With Meat Cleaver Near Penn Station

Man Attacks 2 NYPD Officers With Meat Cleaver Near Penn Station
New York Police Officers are on the scene where a man
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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New York Police Officers are on the scene where a man was shot by the police after attacking them with a meat cleaver near the Manhattan Mall on Sept. 15, 2016. (Samira Baouaou/Epoch Times)

A man who was shot by police near Manhattan’s Penn Station, after he struck an off-duty detective with a meat cleaver was initially stopped because he was trying to remove a boot from a vehicle that he was apparently living in, an NYPD spokesperson said.

The incident took place at 32nd Street and Sixth Avenue at around 5 p.m. local time.

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Police said the confrontation began when two uniformed officers encountered Akram Joudeh, 32, trying to remove an immobilizing boot from a parked vehicle.

As the officers approached him, Joudeh pulled out an 11-inch meat cleaver and ran, police said. A group of officers chased him, and at one point shot him with a Taser, with no apparent effect.

Two NYPD officers were injured in the incident, and one suffered a laceration. A second officer is being treated for a graze wound.

Onlookers watch police officers at the scene where a man attacked two officers with a meat cleaver outside the Manhattan Mall on Sept. 15, 2016. (Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times)
Onlookers watch police officers at the scene where a man attacked two officers with a meat cleaver outside the Manhattan Mall on Sept. 15, 2016. Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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