Suspect Shot in Midtown After Attack on NYPD Officer with Meat Cleaver

September 18, 2016 Cholo Brooks United States 0

By NY1 News

The NYPD says a man was shot by police in Midtown Thursday afternoon after he attacked an officer with a meat cleaver.

First responders were called to West 32nd Street and Broadway just before 5 p.m. for reports of a shooting.

Chief of Department James O’Neill says two uniformed officers from the Midtown South precinct responded to a call at West 31st Street and Broadway and encountered the suspect, identified as 32-year-old Akram Joudeh, trying to remove a parking boot from a car.

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SOURCES: New York 1 Live

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.