( CNN ) -- New York police on Sunday identified the man fatally wounded the day earlier by officers a short walk from Manhattan 's Times Square as a 51-year-old from nearby Long Island . Darrius Kennedy , who the New York Police Department named in a press release and said was from Hempstead , New York , died after being shot Saturday afternoon . Police said he threatened officers with a knife and repeatedly resisted their attempts to arrest him . The incident began shortly after 3 p.m. around 7th Avenue and 44th Street , an area popular with shoppers and tourists . Officers there approached a man because he was smoking what appeared to be a `` marijuana cigarette , '' Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said Saturday . After becoming agitated , the man `` placed the marijuana cigarette in his pocket and pulled out an 11-inch knife , raised it above his head and began to put a blue bandana on his head , '' police said on Sunday . Kennedy moved south down 7th Avenue , refusing officers ' attempts to arrest him and their pleas that he drop the knife , according to police . Video shot by CNN iReporter David Fowler shows several officers -- at least three of them with their guns drawn -- following the man through the middle of Times Square . Some people can be overheard yelling `` they ca n't shoot him '' as the man backs down the street . iReport : ' looked back saw him holding the gun ... ' Officers deployed pepper spray six separate times during the drawn-out ordeal , `` to no avail , '' police said . Around the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 37th Street , the man `` advanced on uniformed officers , refusing officers ' repeated commands to drop his weapon , '' Browne said . Kennedy was then shot in the torso by two officers , according to police . The wounded man was transported to Manhattan 's Bellevue Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:42 p.m. Saturday . The two officers who shot him were taken to the same hospital for tinnitus , or ringing in the ears , presumably from the sound of the gunshots . A third officer who 'd been exposed to pepper spray was treated for eye irritation , police said Sunday . Browne said Saturday that the officers involved in the shooting will be on required administrative duty while the incident is reviewed . Shaking up 'Kila-delphia ' with cameras . Opinion : Do guns make us safer ? CNN 's Jareen Imam and Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley contributed to this report .
Darrius Kennedy , 51 , was shot by NYC police officers near Times Square , police say . The Long Island resident got agitated after being approached while smoking marijuana . Video shows officers , some with guns drawn , chasing him through Times Square . Police say officers shot Kennedy after he lunged at them with an 11-inch knife , police say .