Harrowing body-camera footage shows the moment NYPD officers fatally shot a man armed with a cleaver inside his Manhattan apartment building after he allegedly slashed his elderly father in the head.
Video released Friday by New York Attorney General Letitia James shows officers entering Wei Chan’s Ludlow Street residence on the Lower East Side on Aug. 16. They soon found a trail of blood leading up the stairs.
“Hey, what’s going on? Show me your hands. Show me your hands,” one officer says as three other officers follow him up the stairway.
Chan, 54, appeared to respond by shouting incoherently while ignoring repeated commands to drop the blade.
“He’s got a knife, he’s got a knife,” another officer warned as at least two cops drew their guns.
Chan then moved down the stairs toward the officers while holding the large knife. The officers opened fire, unleashing a barrage of shots in the stairwell.
“Pop, pop, pop,” one officer said before multiple cops began shooting.
The man fell down the stairs and collapsed on the stairwell landing.
EMS workers performed CPR before Chan was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
His 75-year-old father, Chung Chan, was found on the second floor with a laceration to his head. Investigators determined that his son had slashed him.
Chung Chan was also transported to Bellevue Hospital and listed in stable condition.
Wei Chan had no prior criminal history with the NYPD but had a documented history of mental health issues, police said at the time.
