The NYPD says that the number of police-involved shooting fell in 2013. 

According to a new report, there were 40 instances last year in which officers shot at suspects, which is down from 45 incidents in 2012 and an 11-year high of 61 in 2003. It details that eight people, all armed with either a gun or "cutting instrument," died. 

The study also broke down the shootings by borough. Brooklyn had the highest amount of intentional discharges by police with a total of 19, or the equivalent to almost half of the overall shootings. 

The report was released Tuesday, just hours after police fatally shot a knife-wielding suspect at a Brooklyn Jewish center. 

The data on police-involved shootings for 2014 is not yet available.