NEW YORK -- Police say an off-duty detective's fatal shooting of a violent robber in a Manhattan condominium lobby appears to be justified.

The incident happened at 126 Baxter St., one block north of Canal Street, at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The officer, off-duty Detective Martin Carrano, and a building worker were slashed with razor blades before the suspect was killed on Wednesday night. A second suspect, wielding a broken beer bottle, was wounded.

Police say the building's desk clerk, Artenida Gjeli, had called the detective to discuss harassing telephone calls she'd received from an ex-boyfriend.

As they talked, two men entered the lobby of the six-story Chinatown building and asked if there were rooms for rent.

When the receptionist told the men they weren't in a hotel, they jumped the detective and slashed his head. The attackers then hurtled over the reception desk and began mauling the receptionist, police said.

The detective fired 10 shots and hit both suspects twice.

Carrano fatally shot one of the men in the abdomen, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. The other man is in stable condition at St. Vincent’s, he said.