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The police said the officers, patrolling in an unmarked car in East Flatbush, came upon the teenager, identified as Kimani Gray, 16, in a group of men just before 11:30 p.m. The teenager separated himself from the group and adjusted his waistband in what the police described as a suspicious manner.

As officers got out of the car to question him, Mr. Gray turned and pointed a .38-caliber Rohm revolver at them, the police said; two officers fired, hitting the teenager. He was pronounced dead a short time later at Kings County Hospital Center.

It was not immediately clear how many shots were fired by the officers or whether they had identified themselves as police before the teenager drew a weapon. The revolver, the police said, was loaded; Mr. Gray did not fire his gun.

The shooting came little more than 10 hours after officers shot a man on Staten Island after a traffic stop that turned violent. In that shooting, officers had information that the driver of the car, a white Toyota Camry, had a gun in his possession, the police said.

As a pair of plainclothes detectives, their shields displayed, approached the vehicle near Manor Road and North Cannon Avenue around 1:15 p.m., the driver accelerated in an attempt to flee, pinning one officer against another car, the police said. The second detective then fired his gun after he saw the driver, identified as Clinton James, 33, of Staten Island, reach for a weapon.

The man, struck at least once in the torso, continued to drive away but collided with several vehicles and then crashed into a utility pole. He was apprehended and sent to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

The police said the driver had an extensive arrest record. A .44-caliber Taurus revolver was recovered from his car.

Mr. James was arrested on a list of felony charges including assaulting an officer, criminal possession and use of a fire arm, resisting arrest and reckless endangerment.