An armed man was shot by Broward Sheriff's deputies during an intense encounter Sunday afternoon in Oakland Park, officials said.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, just before 6 p.m., deputies responded to a call about a suspicious man in the area of East Oakland Park Boulevard and Northeast 6th Avenue.
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WATCH HEREWhen deputies approached the man, they discovered he was armed with a weapon, officials said.
Deputies told the man to put the weapon down, but he refused, according to BSO. The deputies tried using non-lethal weapons to subdue the man but they didn't work, officials said.
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Deputies tried to subdue the man, but deputies said he ran towards them and that’s when they fired shots at him.
Cell phone video from a witness showed deputies giving aid to the man moments after he was shot.
A worker at a nearby fast food restaurant, who saw the incident, told NBC6 the man was armed with a knife.
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"He was stabbing at the cars going by and he was screaming. I couldn’t hear what he was saying, but I said something’s not right," said witness Andrew Wilkinson. "He saw me in the car on the phone and he started pointing the knife at me and I told 911 I have to leave."
Wilkinson took multiple photos from the scene, including one that showed the suspect holding something in his hand, though it's not exactly clear what that was.
The man who was shot was taken to a nearby hospital. Police did not release his condition or identity.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting, which is standard practice in police shootings.
