Southampton Town police shoot, kill man armed with knife

Town of Southampton police shot and killed a man armed with a knife on Sunday afternoon after officers responded to a call of a "violent" disturbance in a family home, Suffolk County police said in a statement late Sunday.

Town police said they received a call at 2:43 p.m. from a resident on Topping Drive in the hamlet of Northampton about "an escalating violent domestic situation."

A witness said police shot the man outside the home when he refused to drop the knife.

Police will discuss the incident at a noon news conference.