NYPD: Officer fatally shoots man who was brandishing fake gun near Brooklyn elementary school

Man holding fake gun fatally shot near NYC school

NEW YORK — A police officer in Brooklyn has fatally shot a man who the NYPD says was brandishing a fake pistol near a school.

Police said they received a 911 call Monday afternoon from a parent reporting a man with a handgun near an elementary school.

They say that when officers arrived, the 22-year-old man pointed the phony gun at them during in a confrontation on the street outside the school. A uniformed officer responded by firing three shots.

The man was pronounced dead at the hospital. His name was not immediately released.