A man was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in the Great Kills section of Staten Island on Friday night after he allegedly pointed an imitation firearm at two officers, according to NYPD.

An off-duty police officer fatally shot a man who was holding an imitation firearm, New York City police said at a press conference just after midnight Saturday.It happened Friday night on William Avenue near Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island's Great Kills neighborhood.

A man with an imitation gun was shot and killed by an off-duty officer on Staten Island in what is being investigated as a suicide by cop, according to police sources. The off-duty officer fired shots at the 44-year-old man on William Avenue around 8:02 p.