Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded Monday to criticism she received after offering her condolences to the family of a person police say was wielding a knife when he was shot and killed by an off-duty officer inside Chick-fil-A Saturday night on Boylston Street.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coming under blistering criticism for offering condolences to the family of a knife-wielding attacker shot and killed by an off-duty police officer who is credited with saving lives at a Chick-fil-A in Back Bay.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox are under attack for their response to the deadly officer-involved shooting in the heart of the city on Saturday.