A man who was wanted in connection with multiple deadly stabbings was shot and killed by officers in Brooklyn after he flashed a knife while they were executing a search warrant, according to police.

The man, Vilmond Jean Baptiste, was in an apartment in Flatbush. The police said he was wanted on a warrant from 2022 and was a person of interest in three homicides this summer.

FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 38-year-old man wanted for questioning was shot multiple times by police after he pulled a knife on the officers in Brooklyn, authorities said. The man displayed a knife when officers arrived inside the Flatbush apartment building at 485 E. 21st St. just before 5:30 p.m.