{"id":338015,"date":"2026-09-04T13:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338015\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:26:15","slug":"nypd-closes-down-brooklyn-bridge-after-armed-man-killed-in-police-involved-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338015\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD closes down Brooklyn Bridge after armed man killed in police involved shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brooklyn-bound side of the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Bridge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/07\/14\/hero-nypd-cop-recounts-high-wire-rescue-of-woman-threatening-to-jump-from-brooklyn-bridge\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Bridge<\/a> was temporarily closed to traffic early Friday after NYPD cops shot and killed a man armed with a knife found climbing the iconic bridge&#8217;s cables, police officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident happened at about 3:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Members of the NYPD&#8217;s Emergency Services Unit were called to the bridge on a report of a man climbing the cables, officials said. When they arrived at the scene, they found a man armed with a knife who charged at them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At least one shot was fired by police, fatally striking the man, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The man died after he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital. His name was not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The NYPD closed the Brooklyn-bound side of the iconic bridge as they investigated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Due to ongoing police activity, avoid the vicinity of the Brooklyn-bound Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan,&#8221; the NYPD said on X. &#8220;Expect delays and use alternate routes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All lanes were reopened as of 8:30 a.m., cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Early-morning commuters saw a massive amount of police activity on the bridge following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;All Brooklyn bound lanes closed on the Brooklyn bridge. Helicopters and police boats since 3am for a &#8220;police operation&#8221;?&#8221; X user Gia wrote. &#8220;No one knows what&#8217;s going on?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge was temporarily closed to traffic early Friday after NYPD cops shot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,11198,100,99,9,24,63,103],"class_list":["post-338015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-bridge","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338015","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=338015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}