HACKENSACK (AP) — Authorities say police fatally shot a man who was wielding a knife in Hackensack.

Hackensack home where a man was shot by police after he threatened them with a knife
Hackensack home where a man was shot by police after he threatened them with a knife (ABC 7)
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It happened just after 5 p.m. Thursday. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli says 22-year-old Raymond Peralta-Iantigua brandished a knife before he was shot outside a Hackensack home.

Peralta-Iantigua was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The shooting happened after police were called to a domestic disturbance at the home.

Police are investigating.

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