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Police shot a maniac after he lunged at them with a box cutter in Brooklyn Wednesday, leaving him clinging to life, sources said.
The broad-daylight violence erupted when detectives on a lunch break spotted a fight involving the 33-year-old man around 1:50 p.m. on Avenue K and Utica Avenue in Flatlands.
When the detectives intervened, he tried to attack them with the weapon, according to sources.
Cops then blasted him in the chest.
He was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical condition.
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