Cops killed a knife-wielding suspect in Queens on Sunday morning, officials said.
The suspect first went into Booth Memorial Hospital complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath around 2:30 a.m, said Chief of Patrol James O’Neill.
The man was treated and released, only to return a short while later, when he menaced staff with a utility knife and demanded syringes, O’Neill said.
Cops were called and a sergeant walked up to the suspect, identified as Joseph Priolo, officials said.
Priolo turned away from the sergeant before being confronted by two uniformed officers, who were coming down a hill toward him, the patrol chief added.
“He brandished the utility knife, and one of the two officers fired twice,” O’Neill explained.
Priolo was given CPR and returned to Booth Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the NYPD.
He has had several prior run-ins with cops, sources said.
The fatal shooting comes just three days after a crazed Muslim extremist attacked rookie cops in Queens with a hatchet, leaving officer Kenneth Healey in critical but stable condition with a head wound.
Another rookie had his arm broken by the lone wolf attacker, who Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said was inspired by ISIS and videos of beheadings.