An NYPD detective shot a man in Brooklyn during an altercation involving a box cutter; the man is in critical condition and the police are investigating the incident.

An NYPD officer shot someone in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened around 1:49 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in the Flatlands neighborhood, according to authorities.

NEW YORK - Police were involved in a shooting that unfolded in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, FOX 5 NY has confirmed. What we know The shooting reportedly occurred around 2 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in Flatlands.

A man carrying a box cutter was shot by NYPD detectives after allegedly lunging at them during an alteraction in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. FOX 5's Linda Schmidt is on the scene.

Officers shot a man wielding a box cutter at the corner of Utica Ave. and Avenue K in Flatlands about 1:50 p.m., police said.

A man carrying a box cutter was shot in the chest by police in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. It happened at Utica Ave and Avenue K in the Flatlands section, just before 2 p.m. Two detectives from the 63rd precinct were driving eastbound on Avenue K when they saw two men fighting on the street.