"It was around 5:27 p.m. that the NYPD received multiple calls for a barricaded man armed with a weapon that had cut himself and was trying to cut others at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Charles Minch, assistant chief and commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, said at a press conference Thursday night. Minutes later, officers arrived and made their way to the room on the eighth floor, which was splattered with blood, according to Minch."
"The man who was shot and killed by police at a Brooklyn hospital Thursday evening was a former officer with the NYPD, according to a department spokesperson. That individual, who barricaded himself in a hospital room and threatened people with a sharp weapon, was identified by the NYPD as 62-year-old Michael Lynch, a Brooklyn resident. Lynch had no criminal record and resigned from the department in the 1990s, for reasons that were not immediately clear, as reported by abc7."
Michael Lynch, 62, a former NYPD officer and Brooklyn resident, barricaded himself in a room at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital while wielding a sharp weapon. The NYPD received multiple calls around 5:27 p.m. reporting a man who had cut himself and was trying to cut others. An elderly patient and a hospital security staff member were trapped in the blood-splattered room. Officers issued verbal commands and deployed tasers, which were ineffective. When Lynch advanced toward officers again, they discharged their firearms and struck him; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Lynch had no criminal record and resigned from the department in the 1990s. The Force Investigation Division is investigating.
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