Police: Fatal police-involved shooting in Merrick was justified
<p>Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says the man shot and killed by police officers was naked and brandishing a large shard of glass in his hands, and that he charged at the officers.</p>
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Jun 14, 2018, 6:15 PM
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Updated 2,278 days ago
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Nassau police say a deadly police-involved shooting on June 6 in Merrick was justified.
Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says the man shot and killed by police officers was naked and brandishing a large shard of glass in his hands, and that he charged at the officers.
Police were responding to a domestic incident.
Ryder says the officers later found a gun on the floor nearby.
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