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There are reports in the typical MSM covering this story. None reveal that these 'rookie' officers were responding to a domestic violence call, so I posted this link to the Gothamist instead.

[Jim Robinson]

Witness: “Shot him for no reason.”

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• CBS: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/10/23/police-officer-injured-suspect-shot-in-queens/

• NBC: Cop Attacked With Ax in Queens, Suspect Shot Dead: Police

• WSJ: Man Who Struck NYPD Officers with Ax Shot to Death The Suspect in the Queens Attack Was Pronounced Dead While the Officer Was Taken to Jamaica Hospital

[Salvavida]

He didn’t raise the hatchet over his head to attack, he was raising his hands to surrender. /sarc

[ifinnegan]

If they’d shot him before he’d been able to hit the cop in the head, the lefty rabble rouser cop-haters would be screaming murder.

They still may.

[tflabo]

Don’t axe but do tell.

[NonValueAdded]

Where’s the call for hatchet registration?

[Dr. Ursus]

I worked a block away from the incident.

[Don Corleone]

Was this a registered or unregistered hatchet? Was the perp licensed to carry such a weapon? New Yorkers want to know Mr. Mayor.

[wtd]

The NBC article posts a different version of events as filtered through the Police Commissioner:

40,000 Patients' Medical Records Stolen From Office: Cops The officers, all recent graduates of the Police Academy assigned to the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, were asked to pose for a picture by a freelance photographer at the intersection of 162nd Street and Jamaica Avenue shortly before 2 p.m. when the man attacked them from behind, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

The suspect "charged at the officers with a hatchet in his hand," Bratton said. "Unprovoked and not speaking a word, the male then swung at one of the officers with a hatchet, striking his right arm. After striking that officer, the suspect continuing swinging the hatchet, striking a second officer in the head."