Police shot and killed a man during a confrontation in the West Village on Thursday night after NYPD officials said he pointed a gun at officers that turned out to be fake. It was the city’s second fatal NYPD shooting Thursday.
The West Village incident unfolded around 10:50 p.m. near Bedford Street and Sixth Avenue after two people told police in the area they’d been in a car crash with a BMW that then drove off, according to Assistant Chief James McCarthy, commanding officer of the Manhattan South patrol borough.
The BMW was stopped in traffic nearby, and the officers approached the car, McCarthy said. At that point, he said, a 37-year-old man inside the vehicle stepped out and pointed what appeared to be a gun at the officers…