The Latest: NYC commissioner on police shooting: 'We failed'
The New York City police commissioner says an officer who fatally shot an emotionally disturbed woman wielding scissors and a baseball bat did not follow department procedures and has been placed on modified duty.
Police say the sergeant had persuaded the woman to drop the scissors but she then grabbed a baseball bat.
Authorities say a New York City police officer shot and killed an emotionally disturbed, 66-year-old woman wielding scissors and a baseball bat, and investigators want to know why he didn't use his stun gun instead.