An NYPD officer shot someone in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened around 1:49 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in the Flatlands neighborhood, according to authorities.

A person was shot by NYPD officers who were apparently trying to break up a fight in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, law enforcement sources say, stressing the preliminary nature of the investigation. A report of the shooting at Utica Avenue and Avenue K came in around 2 p.

Sources say there was a dispute between two people before the shooting and that a box cutter was involved in the incident.

NEW YORK - A man is in critical condition after being shot by police in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. Authorities say the man was armed with a box cutter and ignored repeated warnings to drop the weapon before advancing toward officers, forcing them to open fire.

A New York City Police detective shot a man armed with a box cutter in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, police say. It happened just before 2 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in the Flatlands neighborhood.

A man carrying a box cutter was shot by NYPD detectives after allegedly lunging at them during an alteraction in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. FOX 5's Linda Schmidt is on the scene.

Officers shot a man wielding a box cutter at the corner of Utica Ave. and Avenue K in Flatlands about 1:50 p.m., police said.