Three New York City police officers were injured in a machete attack near Times Square on New Year’s Eve, Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday morning
.to watch the annual ball-drop ceremony. The suspect, a 19-year-old man, walked up to a police officer at the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 52nd Street shortly after 10 p.m.
and tried to strike his head with a machete before hitting two other officers in the head, said New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell. One of the officers then shot the attacker in the shoulder, Ms. Sewell said at a news conference.
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