Hempstead Man Shot Dead by NYPD in Manhattan » APTOPIX Midtown Shooting

n this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 photo provided by Lincoln Rocha via The New York Times, police and a man wielding an 11-inch knife confront each other in New York's Times Square. The man, identified as Darrius Kennedy of Hempstead, N.Y., and a native of South Carolina, was shot and killed by police a few blocks further downtown. According to the police, Kennedy had been smoking marijuana near the military recruiting station in Times Square about 3 p.m., Saturday when officers first approached. It was the beginning of an encounter that would stretch for seven of the most crowded blocks in New York City in the middle of the afternoon. At one point, Kennedy lunged at police and two officers shot him in the torso, police said. (AP Photo/Lincoln Rocha via The New York Times)

n this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 photo provided by Lincoln Rocha via The New York Times, police and a man wielding an 11-inch knife confront each other in New York’s Times Square. The man, identified as Darrius Kennedy of Hempstead, N.Y., and a native of South Carolina, was shot and killed by police a few blocks further downtown. According to the police, Kennedy had been smoking marijuana near the military recruiting station in Times Square about 3 p.m., Saturday when officers first approached. It was the beginning of an encounter that would stretch for seven of the most crowded blocks in New York City in the middle of the afternoon. At one point, Kennedy lunged at police and two officers shot him in the torso, police said. (AP Photo/Lincoln Rocha via The New York Times)

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APTOPIX Midtown Shooting

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