"The man police shot and killed inside a Brooklyn hospital Thursday evening was a former NYPD officer who had barricaded himself in a room and threatened to kill two people with a broken part of a hospital toilet, authorities said. Michael Lynch, 62, of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, resigned from the NYPD in the 1990s, according to police officials and his family. Police said they did not know why Lynch was at the hospital Thursday and were still investigating the circumstances that led to the confrontation."
"Officers responded to multiple 911 calls around 5:27 p.m. reporting a violent man armed with what was described at the time as a knife inside New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, police said. Lynch had cut himself with a sharp object fashioned from a broken toilet and was threatening to kill the two others in the room, police said. Officers found blood on the walls, floor and splattered across the exterior of the door, according to authorities."
"The NYPD previously said NYPD officers first spent several minutes issuing verbal commands and repeatedly deployed a taser, which was ineffective, before the man advanced toward officers and they discharged their weapons. He was pronounced dead a short time later, authorities have said. They haven't said how many times officers fired or where he was struck. Officials with the police union declined to comment."
Michael Lynch, 62, resigned from the NYPD in the 1990s. Officers responded to 911 calls around 5:27 p.m. reporting a man armed with what was described as a knife inside a Brooklyn hospital. Staff said Lynch had barricaded himself on the eighth floor with a security guard and an elderly patient. He had cut himself with a sharp object fashioned from a broken toilet and threatened to kill the two people. Officers issued verbal commands, deployed a taser without effect, and fired when he advanced. He was pronounced dead shortly after. Police are investigating.
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