Knife-wielding man shot by cops after slashing father on Manhattan's Lower East Side
TL;DR
A 54-year-old man, Wei Chan, attacked his 75-year-old father Chung Chan with a butcher knife in their Lower East Side apartment. Police confronted him as he advanced with the knife; officers discharged their firearms, killing him. The father was injured with a head laceration and hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities note the suspect had a documented mental-health history and there were no officer injuries, with an internal investigation expected."
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