The situation remains a developing story, with updates expected from local news sources.

On September 13, 2024, police fatally shot 38-year-old Vilmond Jean Baptiste in Brooklyn while attempting to serve a bench warrant.

Baptiste had a prior arrest in 2015 for reckless endangerment and was linked to the fatal stabbings of three victims.

Officers were investigating Baptiste's involvement in several unsolved shootings from the summer while attempting to apprehend him.

When police entered the apartment on East 21st Street, they found Baptiste hiding in a bathtub, armed with a knife.

The officers involved in the incident were also transported to the hospital for evaluation.

The NYPD was executing the warrant due to Baptiste's status as a person of interest in three homicides, including the stabbings of a 66-year-old woman and two others.

Baptiste was taken to a nearby hospital after the shooting but was pronounced dead from his injuries.

Police reported that they shot Baptiste multiple times after he allegedly attempted to stab an officer.

Attempts to subdue him with a Taser were unsuccessful, prompting officers to use deadly force when he charged at them.

Following the shooting, chaos erupted as bystanders began throwing objects at police, injuring at least one officer.

This incident occurred shortly after the swearing-in of Thomas Donlon as the interim Police Commissioner following Edward Caban's resignation.