Cops shot and critically wounded a knife-wielding young man in upper Manhattan early Sunday - the second police-involved shooting in as many days, police and witnesses said.
The victim, identified by friends as Emmanuel Paulino, 23, was shot several times outside his home on Vermilyea Ave. near 207th St. in Inwood.
Paulino was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital shortly after the 5:30 a.m. incident, Fire Department officials said.
Witnesses said cops were called to the scene following a party. A police official confirmed the shooting but would provide no details.
Elisabeth Rodriguez, 28, said she was awakened by noise in the street and saw the shooting through the window of her first-floor apartment on Vermilyea Ave.
"His name is Emmanuel Paulino. He was a young kid. He had a 4-inch pocket knife in his hand," she said.
"I looked out the window and he was surrounded by seven cops. He was getting angrier and pacing around. He didn't lunge at anyone. The cops said, 'Drop the knife! Drop the knife!' and his cousin said 'Yo! Let me talk to him! I can calm him down!'
"All the cops drew their weapons. All of them. He kept pacing and they all shot him. He was walking in circles, not lunging."
In the previous police-involved shooting, off-duty Correction Department officer Victor Hernandez, 35, was shot and wounded in the arm after pointing a gun at cops in the Bronx early Saturday.
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