Cops shoot hammer-wielding suspect in Midtown | New York Post
Cops shoot hammer-wielding suspect in Midtown | New York Post Wednesday May 13 th , 2015 at 11:41 AM | Cops Shoot Hammer-Wielding Suspect In MidtownNew York Post 1 Share Cops shoot hammer-wielding suspect in Midtown By David K. Li View author archive email the author follow on twitter Get author RSS feed May 13, 2015 | 10:26am Modal Trigger Photo: R. Umar Abbasi (main) Police on Wednesday shot the hammer-wielding maniac who has been randomly attacking Manhattan pedestrians , law enforcement sources said. Modal Trigger Photo: R. Umar Abbasi The suspect, identified as 30-year-old David Baril, was shot by an NYPD officer near the corner of 37th Street and Eighth Avenue a little before 10 a.m., sources said. Two officers recognized the suspect from pictures released by the NYPD and stopped to question him, law enforcement sources said. A short time later, the man pulled out his hammer and took a s