Police shoot man with knife in Astoria, NYPD says

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Police shot a man with a knife on a Queens street early Monday, according to NYPD officials.

The shooting happened just before 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of 30th Avenue and 31st Street in Astoria, officials said.

The man was taken to a local hospital. Police did not immediately share his condition.

The NYPD advised people to avoid the area. Detectives and officers were investigating the scene around 8:30 a.m. Monday.