New York police have defended their actions after a bystander was shot in the head as two officers tackled a fare-evader armed with a knife in a busy subway station. The man was in critical condition after the shooting at Sutter Avenue L station in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Three others, including the suspect, were wounded.

The police have been ticketing vendors for violations over the past year, upsetting sellers who say they are just trying to earn a living.

NEW YORK — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle.

New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban is resigning, ABC said on Thursday, citing multiple unnamed officials, a week after FBI agents seized his phone as part of multiple federal corruption investigations that have entangled senior city administration officials.

Two officers pursued a fare evasion suspect, then opened fire as he approached them, police said. The suspect, one officer and two bystanders were shot.

There are new details on Sunday's police shooting on a Brooklyn subway platform that injured four people, including an NYPD officer and two civilians. CBS News New York learned on Monday a bystander took a knife that was at the scene that police said the suspect was wielding at the time he was shot by officers.

Police say that a man suspected of not paying the subway fare did not follow instructions and threatened officers with a knife.

Four people were injured Sunday afternoon at a Brooklyn subway stop in what started as officers' attempts to apprehend a man accused of skipping the station turnstile.