Active investigation after NYPD officers shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him during an argument in Brooklyn

NEW YORK — A man was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn overnight after officers said he pulled out a gun during an argument with several other people.

The scene on Church Avenue in East Flatbush was still very active Sunday morning. Investigators searched the area and placed evidence markers around the crime scene. At some point a drone was sent up.

The officers discovered that the man had a weapon

According to the NYPD, two public safety officers and a sergeant patrolling the area around 1 a.m. saw the man point a gun at another man during an argument.

Officers approached and the gunman ran down Church Avenue. An officer shot him with a stun gun, but he continued to flee with the weapon, police said.

The officers then opened fire and shot the man, who allegedly refused to drop the weapon. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and died from his injuries.

Taser stunned the man “briefly.”

“One of the officers fired his Taser and the Taser briefly stunned the man. The man got back up, he still had the gun in his hand, he ran back onto the sidewalk and ran back towards 52nd Street. “The officers give the command to the man to drop the weapon and they fire their weapons,” said NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey.

At the Press conference overnightMaddrey said the man’s weapon was recovered at the scene.

Police said they are also investigating a man with a graze wound who walked into Kings County Hospital about an hour after the shooting. It was not immediately clear whether he was injured in the same incident.