Man Shot At 131 Times By NYPD In Potential 'Suicide By Cop': Report

NEW YORK CITY — A Queens man who brought cops to his door with threats to kill elected officials, among others, died after NYPD officers shot at him 131 times, according to police and reports.

Police believe Raul Hardy, 60, could have been trying to prompt a "suicide by cop" when he placed two threatening 911 calls Saturday, the New York Daily News first reported.

"He threatened our governor, he threatened numerous elected officials and dignitaries, and he threatened members of the police department," said Jeffrey Maddrey, the NYPD's chief of patrol.

"And he clearly stated that he was going to 'blow the head off' of the first police officers that he saw."

The calls prompted police to carefully approach Hardy's house on 116th Avenue in St. Albans, where he greeted them with curses, Maddrey said.

Hardy, who had a history of mental health issues, held up a gun and shot several rounds at police, who returned fire with an avalanche of bullets, Maddrey said.

"It was a high volume of rounds fired tonight, probably north of a hundred," he said.

A police source later told the Daily News that the final tally stood at 131 bullets.

Hardy was later pronounced deceased at a local hospital, Maddrey said.

The shooting wasn't the last time NYPD officers shot and killed a suspect with a gun Saturday.

An hour after the Queens shooting, police chased a suspect along Flatbush Avenue near downtown Brooklyn who shot at them, Maddrey said. An officer returned fire and fatally struck the suspect, he said.

Mayor Eric Adams, when asked about the shooting involving Hardy, said police were justified given the clear threats of violence.

"Heck, yes," he said, according to the New York Post.