A confrontation on Staten Island led to an off-duty officer shooting a man who police say appeared to be holding a gun.

An off-duty officer on Staten Island fatally shot a man who was pointing what appeared to be a real firearm, police said.

An off-duty NYPD police officer fatally shot an emotionally disturbed 44-year-old man found waving around a fake pistol outside a popular Staten Island diner — hoping to die in a “suicide by