{"id":322735,"date":"2026-08-16T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322735\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:51:00","slug":"man-shot-by-nypd-on-manhattans-lower-east-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322735\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot by NYPD on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot by NYPD officers responding to a 911 call about a man armed with a weapon on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypdnews\/status\/2089086887222714682?s=46&amp;t=LrSbyXS-oFqDm8xCj1LAOg\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lower East Side<\/a> of Manhattan, cops said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Ludlow St. near Rivington St., according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>Police responding to a 911 call about a man with a weapon confronted the suspect and opened fire, striking him at least one time, cops said. Early reports that the suspect stabbed someone and that he charged at police with a weapon before the shooting are currently under investigation, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is thought to be in critical condition, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD asked people to avoid the vicinity of Rivington Street &amp; Ludlow Sts. in Manhattan due to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypdnews\/status\/2089086887222714682?s=46&amp;t=LrSbyXS-oFqDm8xCj1LAOg\" rel=\"nofollow\">police activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking story, Check back for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was shot by NYPD officers responding to a 911 call about a man armed with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[8639,75,84,83,9,24,63,20425],"class_list":["post-322735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-man","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-shot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}