NYPD officer shoots woman with knife inside South Ozone Park home after stabbing calls; three men hurt

An NYPD officer shot a woman inside a home in South Ozone Park, Queens, on Friday night after police said she moved toward officers with a knife during a chaotic call in which three men were stabbed.

Officers were sent to a house on 149th Street near 133rd Avenue at about 9:38 p.m., CBS New York reported, citing the NYPD, after multiple 911 calls about a break-in and a stabbing, ABC7 reported.

What police say happened

According to the NYPD's account to ABC7, officers knocked and got no answer. A man then shouted from a second-floor window that he had been stabbed by his uncle, and a woman opened a third-floor window and tossed her keys down to police. Officers went up to the third floor, where they found a woman and two men struggling.

The three separated when officers ordered them to put their hands up, police said. NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera said the woman pointed at one of the men but did not raise her right hand, did not comply with repeated commands and moved toward the officers with a knife. When she was within several feet, one officer fired, striking her, Rivera said. She fell, another officer used a Taser, and police recovered the knife.

Injuries

The woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Three men were hospitalized with stab wounds, and officers recovered two knives, ABC7 reported. The FDNY said four people in all were taken to a hospital, according to CBS New York. Police have not said how the men were hurt or by whom, beyond the man's account from the window, and have not announced arrests or charges.

No one involved has been publicly identified. This story may be updated as the NYPD releases more information.