New York Attorney General Letitia James released bodycam footage on Friday showing the moment NYPD officers fatally shot a man inside his Manhattan apartment building. The incident took place on Aug. 16 at a home on Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side, where officers entered after a trail of blood led up the stairs.
The footage shows officers ordering the man, identified as Wei Chan, 54, to show his hands. Chan appeared to shout incoherently and ignored repeated commands to drop the cleaver-like blade. As he advanced down the stairs toward the officers, several of them opened fire, and he tumbled down the stairwell and collapsed onto the landing.S2
Emergency medical workers administered CPR before Chan was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Investigators determined that Chan had slashed his father, Chung Chan, 75, in the head on the second floor of the building. The father was also taken to Bellevue, where he was listed in stable condition.S2
Police said Chan had no prior criminal history with the NYPD but had a documented history of mental health issues.S2