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Witness: Off-duty cop shot knife-wielding man after fight in Napper Tandy's pub

An off-duty New York City cop shot a knife-wielding man Thursday after a fight that began in a packed Miller Place bar spilled into the parking lot, police and a witness said.

John Gomez, 27, one of dozens who saw the events unfold at Napper Tandy's, said the bar was crowded at 12:30 a.m. as two men threw punches in a front foyer. One of the men, later identified as a city police officer,...

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