Police in Canandaigua responded to a call for a man allegedly chasing and stabbing a woman with a knife, resulting in police shooting the suspect on Eastern Boulevard on Saturday.

The Canandaigua Police Department responded at the scene at about 1:35 p.m., where they say they found a man armed with an edged weapon. The suspect allegedly did not comply with commands to drop the weapon, and the officer shot the suspect once.

CPD officers and Ontario County Sherriff’s Deputies administered aid to both the suspect and the stabbing victim. Both have been taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

An eye-witness and Good Samaritan recounted the event to Spectrum News.

Thomas Macri worked at a nearby deli shop and ran outside when he saw commotion in the road.

"I walked out here to the loading the dock, just to get a closer look to see what was going on and then I actually heard her screaming like, 'someone call 911. I was stabbed,'" Macri said.

The witness says he tried to intervene, distracting the man until local police arrived.

"That's when he got close to her and he was able to grab her and stabbed her like 3-4 times,” he said. “Then I realized it was pretty serious so I took a step back and he turned towards me. I looked down to grab a rock. I started backing up, backing up."

That's when he tells Spectrum News that the man appeared as though he was about to throw the knife at the officer and the officer fired.

"At first, I didn't think he got him, because he didn't drop and he didn't grab anything. Actually, sort of like a dramatic, like he was doing it for TV or something cause he said, 'ah! shot me!' And then he fell and then you saw he got shot. These other officers came to assist and they were able to put pressure on him and that's when the officer asked him how he was. Conscious," said Macri.

Macri says he was at the right place at the right time and has no regrets.

"That's how I roll,” he said. “You have to live in the moment. You know you can't change the past and you can't predict the future."