NYPD officers shoot the man who attacked them while swinging a knife.
NEWS:
Queens, New York – On Friday, March 8, 2024, at approximately 00:6:49 p.m., multiple 9-1-1 callers reported that a man was inside an apartment building in the vicinity of 62nd Avenue and 102nd Street and was stabbing other people with a knife. Investigators say it all started during a baby’s first birthday party when the suspect, the baby’s grandfather, began stabbing his wife. She fled and ran down the hallway, screaming for help. Officer O’Rourke, Officer Taveras, and Sergeant Raymond Decostanzo, along with additional officers assigned to the 112th Precinct, responded to the scene. Upon arrival, officers entered the building and found 46-year-old Djamshed Nematov in a hallway with a knife in his right hand. The officers ordered Nematov to drop the knife, but Nematov attacked them while brandishing the knife. As a result, Officer O’Rourke fired one shot with his service weapon, Officer Taveras fired three shots with his service weapon, and Sergeant Decostanzo fired his Taser conducted energy weapon at Nematov. Nematov was hit by the shots and fell to the ground. Nematov was transported by ambulance to New York-Presbyterian Queens Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. The woman suffered at least two stab wounds. She is currently recovering at an area hospital. Nematov’s knife was recovered from the scene of the incident during this investigation.
