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
9/15/2016
Updated:
5/7/2017

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)

Pierre Damico on the scene where a man was shot by the police after attacking them with a hatchet near the Manhattan Mall on Sept. 15, 2016. (Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times)
Pierre Damico on the scene where a man was shot by the police after attacking them with a hatchet near the Manhattan Mall on Sept. 15, 2016. (Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times)

“All of a sudden everybody from the store took off,” he said. He says he stayed inside the store, afraid that he would get shot if he went outside. “You don’t want to get killed,” he said.

Police fired 18 shots, striking Joudeh at least twice. He was hospitalized Thursday night in critical but stable condition, police said. The detective was being treated for a six-inch gash from his temple to his jaw.

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. (Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times)
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. (Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times)

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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