The Associated Press
DETROIT — Detroit police say two officers shot and critically wounded a 61-year-old man who threatened firefighters with a knife during a check on the man’s welfare.
WDIV-TV says the fighters were helping officers get into a room on the second floor of a home on the city’s near north side Wednesday so they could see if the man was OK.
Police Sgt. Cassandra Lewis says the man ran at the firefighter with a knife and refused an order to drop it.