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NYPD fatally shot man, 18, who charged at them with a machete: report

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Police shot and killed an 18-year-old man who charged at them while wielding a machete in Brooklyn on Tuesday night — after he nearly chopped off a woman’s thumb, sources told The Post The incident took place at around 6:10 p.m.

near Dumont Avenue and Strauss Street in Brownsville. NYPD Chief of Patrol Juanita Holmes said police received a call of a man slashing people with a machete and saw a woman with her hand slashed when they arrived at the scene.

The man, a Bronx resident identified as Samuel Lazaro, had been smacking at cars in the area with the machete when police arrived, then slashed the woman’s thumb down to the bone — and even attacked her dog, the chief said at a briefing.

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