Bodycam Shows NYPD Cops Shoot And Tase Woman Wielding Knife

(Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Queens Village, New York State The NYPD is released bodyworn camera footage from an officerinvolved shooting that occurred on May 24, 2019 in the confines of the 105th Precinct. At approximately 10 pm, two uniformed police officers assigned to the 105th Precinct were in a marked police vehicle travelling west bound on Jamaica Avenue and approaching 212 Street when they observed a female standing in front of a carwash acting erratically. The officers turned left onto 212 Street and entered the carwash driveway when the female, 49yearold Lydia Spicer, threw a glass bottle at the officers as they were exiting the vehicle. The officers exited their vehicle and observed Spicer with a knife in her hand. Both officers repeatedly ordered Spicer to drop the knife, at which time she advanced towards them with the knife still in her hand. One of the officers fired one round striking Spicer in the lower abdomen befo