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.
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