man who became enraged when he found a boot on his car near Penn Station on Thursday attacked cops with a meat cleaver — seriously wounding one — before officers shot him in a flurry of 18 bullets, police said.
Akram Joudeh, who was living in the car, struck Detective Brian O’Donnell with the 11-inch blade, leaving a gash from his temple to his throat, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.
Joudeh, 32, who has numerous arrests, was left splayed out in a pool of blood on West 32nd Street near Broadway.
He had flown into a rage after discovering the clamp — used to immobilize a car found with an excess of outstanding tickets — fitted on a wheel of his white Nissan Altima, which was parked on West 30th Street and Broadway. – READ MORE