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NYPD Releases Video Of Deadly Police-Involved Shooting At Harlem Apartment

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD released body cam video of a deadly police-involved shooting at an apartment in Harlem.

It shows officers confronting a shooting suspect who was in a violent struggle with another man.

In the video, an officer can be heard yelling, "Hands, hands, hands!"

On May 20, police responded to a call about shots fired at an apartment building on Saint Nicholas Terrace and West 127th Street.

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The NYPD says moments before, the suspect shot his sister-in-law and was trying to stab a man with a kitchen knife.

The officers opened fired after the suspect ignored repeated commands to show his hands, they say.

The 45-year-old woman died at the scene. The other victim was treated for stab wounds.

The motive remains unclear.

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