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On Thursday (Oct. 23), four NYPD cops posing for a picture on a street in Queens were interrupted by a man who decided it was good time to assault them with a hatchet. Two of the officers were hit before the man was shot dead.

Reports Raw Story:

The officers were on foot patrol when they were asked by a freelance photographer to pose for a picture on a Jamaica, Queens street at about 2 p.m., a New York Police Department spokesman said.

Suddenly a man carrying a hatchet charged the officers, swinging it and striking one officer in the right arm and then swinging it again and striking a second officer in the head, the spokesman said.

The remaining two officers fired their weapons at the man, hitting him.

The suspect, identified in media reports as Zale Thompson, had posted numerous statements on YouTube and Facebook that “display a hyper-racial focus in both religious and historical contexts, and ultimately hint at his extremist leanings,” according to the SITE monitoring group.

A bystander, a 29-year-old woman, was reportedly hit in the back by a stray bullet and taken to a local hospital.

According to Police Commissioner William Bratton, there is no known motive for the attack.

Watch video of the attack below. Of course, FOX News is spinning this as a terrorist attack. Note their report on the flip and the difference in “tone.”

Photo: WPIX

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