Connecticut Police Shoot, Wound Knife-Wielding Man

An officer with the Danbury (CT) Police Department was forced to draw his service weapon and shoot a man wielding two large knives on Wednesday morning, wounding him.

According to the Hartford Courant , the man had reportedly attacked several people at a nearby mental health and addiction treatment facility prior to the confrontation with police.

The man—whose name has not been released—reportedly refused repeated orders to drop his weapons and an officer fired at him.

The man was transported to a nearby hospital where his condition was unknown late Wednesday afternoon

No officers were injured during the incident.