Officers kill man after being struck by baton, NYPD says
NEW YORK -- Police say a Brooklyn man was fatally shot during a skirmish with two police officers in a housing project hallway.New York housing police Chief James Secreto says one male and one female officer encountered the man around 1 p.m. Saturday on the ninth floor of the Van Dyke Houses in the Brownsville neighborhood. The New York Police Department’s Housing Bureau officers were responding to a 911 call reporting a suspicious person.When they asked for his ID, a scuffle ensued, and S
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