On August 11, a man wielding a kitchen knife was fatally shot by police officers in Time Squares. The man was believed to be smoking marijuana when the police officers approached him. He then pulled out a knife and began fleeing until he was cornered and killed by a "fusillade of bullets."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/nyregion/police-fatally-shoot-man-brandishing-knife-in-times-square.html
When the man started to flee the policed called for backup to try and stop him. They continuously sprayed him with pepper spray but the man would not stop. The police also created rode blocks to keep pedestrians away from the scene. They repeatedly shouted at the man to drop his weapon but when he was cornered on 37th street, he lunged at an officer and everyone opened fire.
Given the situation, I think the police officers abided by the six rules of crisis management as best as they could. The man was allowed to flee from 43rd street to 37th street but from reading the article, there was a lot of pedestrians around so the police did the right thing by waiting instead of risking injuring innocent bystanders. They also tried to stop him with force since the man was armed with a knife. There might of been other less severe alternatives, for example they could of used a taser gun, but maybe there was other factors during the situation.
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