Man with 13-inch knife shot by NYPD after wreaking havoc at Manhattan store

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Police officers shot a man with a 13-inch kitchen knife who confronted them after allegedly causing a raucous at a grocery store in Manhattan on Monday, according to officials.

Surveillance video from inside the store shows a man in a blue sweatshirt banging on the window from outside, with a large knife in his hand. Store employees say they locked the door from the inside and called 911.

Officers arrived within minutes, police said at an early-morning press conference. The knife-wielding man allegedly confronted them. Police officials say multiple verbal commands to drop the knife went ignored, and at one point, the man allegedly quickly advanced toward the officers with the knife extended outward.
He got close to them, police officials say.

One of the officers fired a gun. The man in the blue sweatshirt was hit.

The 53-year-old was taken to a hospital, where he was undergoing surgery on Monday. He is expected to survive.

The officers involved in the shooting were taken to a hospital for evaluation.

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