Video Shows Hatchet-Wielding Man Charge at NYPD Officers

A video featuring a hatchet-wielding man, who attacked four New York Police Department officers before he was gunned down in a busy commercial district in Queens on Thursday, has surfaced

The now deceased man can be seen in the security camera footage above running while swinging an axe. He is yet to be officially identified by authorities.

However, an unnamed law enforcement official told CNN the man had been identified by police as Zale H. Thompson, who had a criminal record in California and had been discharged from the Navy for misconduct.

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