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| Two police officers opened fired on an emotionally disturbed man who was dodging cars on a busy Manhattan street on Saturday night, wounding two bystanders and sending people running for cover, authorities said. | Two police officers opened fired on an emotionally disturbed man who was dodging cars on a busy Manhattan street on Saturday night, wounding two bystanders and sending people running for cover, authorities said. |
| On Sunday, authorities identified the man as Glenn Broadnax, 35, of Brooklyn. He faces multiple counts including menacing, riot, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and resisting arrest. He was in custody. The Associated Press could not locate a phone listing for his home. | On Sunday, authorities identified the man as Glenn Broadnax, 35, of Brooklyn. He faces multiple counts including menacing, riot, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and resisting arrest. He was in custody. The Associated Press could not locate a phone listing for his home. |
| Police said Broadnax made movements suggesting he had a weapon, though he turned out to be unarmed. The officers' shots missed him, and he was eventually brought down by a stun gun. The encounter happened just before 10pm near the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a block away from Times Square. | Police said Broadnax made movements suggesting he had a weapon, though he turned out to be unarmed. The officers' shots missed him, and he was eventually brought down by a stun gun. The encounter happened just before 10pm near the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a block away from Times Square. |
| Officers saw Broadnax, who was on foot, weaving erratically through traffic and sometimes blocking vehicles. "It appeared he wanted to be struck by cars," police commissioner Raymond Kelly said, at an early morning news conference. | Officers saw Broadnax, who was on foot, weaving erratically through traffic and sometimes blocking vehicles. "It appeared he wanted to be struck by cars," police commissioner Raymond Kelly said, at an early morning news conference. |
| As officers approached, police said, Broadnax reached into his pocket as if grabbing a weapon, and two officers fired a total of three shots. The bullets struck a 54-year-old woman in the right knee and a grazed a 35-year-old woman in the buttocks, police said. | As officers approached, police said, Broadnax reached into his pocket as if grabbing a weapon, and two officers fired a total of three shots. The bullets struck a 54-year-old woman in the right knee and a grazed a 35-year-old woman in the buttocks, police said. |
| Photos and video taken by onlookers showed a chaotic scene. Several officers tried to contain Broadnax as he moved through an intersection, and he was finally brought down as people in the crowd yelled at police not to shoot him. The 35-year-old was taken into custody after a sergeant subdued him with a Taser, police said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was in stable condition, police said. Authorities described him as "emotionally disturbed". | Photos and video taken by onlookers showed a chaotic scene. Several officers tried to contain Broadnax as he moved through an intersection, and he was finally brought down as people in the crowd yelled at police not to shoot him. The 35-year-old was taken into custody after a sergeant subdued him with a Taser, police said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was in stable condition, police said. Authorities described him as "emotionally disturbed". |
| The women were taken to hospitals, where they both were listed in stable condition, according to police. Neither had injuries considered life threatening, police said. | The women were taken to hospitals, where they both were listed in stable condition, according to police. Neither had injuries considered life threatening, police said. |
| The officers who fired their weapons had been on the force for one and a half years and three years, police said. Police did not release the names of the women. | The officers who fired their weapons had been on the force for one and a half years and three years, police said. Police did not release the names of the women. |
| In August 2012, nine people were injured by bullets fired by police in a confrontation with a gunman near the Empire State Building. They were hit by stray bullets, ricochets and fragments, suffering non-life-threatening gunshot and graze wounds. Officials at the time defended the officers' decision to fire on a street crowded with people. | In August 2012, nine people were injured by bullets fired by police in a confrontation with a gunman near the Empire State Building. They were hit by stray bullets, ricochets and fragments, suffering non-life-threatening gunshot and graze wounds. Officials at the time defended the officers' decision to fire on a street crowded with people. |
| Police guidelines tell officers to avoid unnecessarily endangering innocent people. But police are allowed to use deadly force when faced with an imminent threat of serious injury or death. | Police guidelines tell officers to avoid unnecessarily endangering innocent people. But police are allowed to use deadly force when faced with an imminent threat of serious injury or death. |
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