John Perry allegedly assaults Officer William P. Riley

After entering the defendant's West 140th Street apartment to place him under arrest for another crime, the deponent [Riley, a police officer] was attacked by the defendant [Perry], who “placed both arms around [his] throat and choked him, then kicked [him] in the chest knocking him down a flight of stairs... when the deponent returned the defendant kicked him in the head... the officer pursued the defendant into apartment 68 where the defendant attempted to stab the officer with a butcher knife,” whereupon the officer shot the defendant.