Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Armed Man Shot by NYPD After Climbing Brooklyn Bridge Cables
A man climbed up the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge with a knife.
Police officers went toward him.
The man eventually came very close to one officer.
He raised his arm and pointed or extended the knife toward that officer.
Another officer fired one shot.
The shot struck the man.
Officers brought him down from the cables and gave him first aid.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he died.
An unidentified man climbed the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge while carrying a knife.
The man came within about three feet of the closest NYPD officer.
He raised his arm and extended the knife toward the officer.
Another officer fired one shot, striking the man.
Officers administered first aid before taking him to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Who
- An unidentified man and New York City Police Department officers.
- What
- Police shot the man after he approached an officer and extended a knife toward the officer.
- Where
- The cables of the Brooklyn Bridge; he was later taken to Bellevue Hospital.
- Why
- Police said the man extended a knife toward an officer when he was about three feet away.
- Person involved
- An unidentified man
- Weapon
- Knife
- Police department
- New York City Police Department
- Distance from officer
- About three feet
- Shots fired
- One shot
- Hospital
- Bellevue Hospital
- Outcome
- The man was pronounced dead