# NYPD releases bodycam footage of moment cleaver-wielding maniac was gunned down

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nypd-releases-bodycam-footage-of-moment-cleaver-wielding-maniac-was-gunned-down/
- Published: 2026-11-14T03:52:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T04:23:17+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/us-news/nypd-releases-bodycam-footage-of-moment-cleaver-wielding-maniac-was-gunned-down/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Body-camera footage shows police fatally shooting Wei Chan.
- Police said he advanced towards officers with a blade.
- His 75-year-old father was treated for a head injury.

## Summary

New York authorities have released body-camera footage of officers fatally shooting Wei Chan, 54, in his Manhattan apartment building on 16 August. Police said Chan advanced towards them carrying a large blade after they entered the building and ordered him to drop it; the incident followed an attack on his elderly father.

The footage, released by Attorney General Letitia James, shows officers following a trail of blood up the stairs before confronting Chan. His father, Chung Chan, 75, was found with a head laceration and was in stable condition at hospital. Wei Chan was treated by paramedics and pronounced dead at hospital; police said he had a documented history of mental health issues and no prior criminal history with the NYPD.

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