Police-involved shooting in Rotterdam
BY WRGB STAFF SUNDAY, APRIL 10TH 2016

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UPDATE: Lt. Mike Brown of the Rotterdam Police Department said an officer shot a man during a call to a home on Roberta Road.

Brown said two officers responded to the call, and were confronted by a man with a knife. One officer was slashed, and received non-life-threatening injuries.

One of the officers fatally shot the man with the weapon.

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ROTTERDAM -- New York State Police tell CBS6 there is a police-involved shooting in Rotterdam.

According to Schenectady County Communications, the incident is in the area of Roberta Road.

We have a crew on the way, and will update as details become available.

Police identified a 30-year-old man fatally shot after he allegedly slashed a Rotterdam police officer with a knife.

Rotterdam police said his name was William Clark.

The police officer injured was treated and released Sunday for head wounds, Lt. Mike Brown of the Rotterdam police said.

Police said they were called to 1061 Roberta Road at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Neighbors said they heard scanner chatter of a domestic dispute between a mother and her son, with the mother saying her son was having a psychotic episode.

Police said Clark slashed at officers with a knife, striking an unidentified officer in the head.

Rotterdam police said an officer fired a service weapon, killing Clark.Steve Marco, who lives several houses down the street, said he saw an officer bleeding from the head outside the home. He also said Clark had just moved in recently.