Police say an NYPD officer shot a man accused of waving an air pistol on a crowded Bronx subway platform Thursday evening. TimMcNicholas reports.
Uniformed officers were sent to the 238th Street subway station around 8 p.m. for a report of a man with a gun.
When they arrived, police say officers saw the man with what appeared to be a gun in his hand and ordered him to drop his weapon. As the man was approached the 231st Street station, police say additional officers started walking toward the suspect on the catwalk and demanded the man drop his weapon.
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