Police respond to reports of an assault in progress at an apartment building in Manhattan and later shoot a man wielding a knife, according to news reports. Officers are dispatched after multiple 911 calls are received around 4 p.m. Sunday about a suspect with a weapon near Ludlow Street, close to Rivington Street.
The reports say several people are transported to hospitals after the incident. One account says five people are rushed to hospital, while another says six are taken for treatment. Police descriptions in the coverage indicate the suspect is shot by officers at the scene, and the surrounding area is in the trendy Lower Manhattan neighborhood.
Both outlets cite the same general timeline, location, and basis for police involvement—911 calls about a man with a knife at an apartment building—but they differ on the exact number of injured people taken to hospital.
