"The police involved shootings occurred within hours of each other. In Manhattan's West Village, NYPD officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man who reportedly pointed what appeared to be a firearm at them following a traffic-related incident. Police later confirmed the object was a realistic-looking air pistol. Earlier, officers fatally shot a man inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital after he allegedly barricaded himself with a sharp object, threatening staff and patients."
"Mayor Mamdani posted a statement on the shootings and commented at an unrelated press conference Friday morning, describing them as devastating to all New Yorkers and pledging to work with Police Commissioner Tisch to ensure investigations are thorough and swift. In a post to his newly launched BlueSky account, he pledged support for the police and requested a review of the city's mental health response."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani confronted major public safety challenges on his ninth day in office, including two fatal police-involved shootings and a heated Queens protest. One shooting in the West Village involved officers killing a 37-year-old who reportedly pointed a realistic-looking air pistol after a traffic incident. Another shooting occurred inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital after a man allegedly barricaded himself with a sharp object and threatened staff and patients. Mamdani posted a statement, pledged support for police, asked Police Commissioner Tisch for thorough, swift investigations, and requested a review of the city's mental health response. He criticized Hamas praise at the Queens protest as having no place in the city.
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