New Yorkers sob as maniac wielding butcher’s knife stabs victim in the HEAD before being shot by cops on trendy Manhattan street

New York City residents were seen sobbing on Sunday after cops shot a man wielding a butcher’s knife in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Police responded to a 911 call about a man with a weapon at an apartment building on Ludlow Street, near Rivington Street, at around 4pm and spotted blood in the lobby and leading up some stairs, sources told the New York Post.

When cops then ran up the staircase, the armed man came charging down with the butcher’s knife in his hand.

Officers repeatedly told the man to drop his weapon, but he refused. 

At that point, the suspect lunged at the officers at the scene and they opened fire, striking the man at least once. Authorities then recovered the knife at the scene.

The unidentified man is now in critical condition at a local hospital.

First responders also treated a bystander for an injury, an unidentified source told the New York Daily News.  

Another victim, a 75-year-old man, also suffered a gash to the head, but it wasn’t clear whether it was caused by the knife or another object during the domestic-violence dispute, according to the Post. 

As the investigation now continues, the NYPD has asked residents to avoid the area. 

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.