A person was shot by NYPD officers who were apparently trying to break up a fight in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, police said, stressing the preliminary nature of the investigation. A report of the shooting at Utica Avenue and Avenue K came in just before 2 p.

An NYPD officer shot someone in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened around 1:49 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in the Flatlands neighborhood, according to authorities.

A man carrying a box cutter was shot in the chest by police in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. It happened at Utica Ave and Avenue K in the Flatlands section, just before 2 p.m. Two detectives from the 63rd precinct were driving eastbound on Avenue K when they saw two men fighting on the street.