The NYPD Thursday released the body camera footage from a shooting at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital earlier this month that left former firefighter and police officer Michael Lynch dead.
Investigators say the incident began just before 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 8, when multiple 911 calls came in reporting Lynch, 62, was violent and armed with a blade inside the hospital.
The video shows officers responding to a bathroom on the eighth floor, where investigators said Lynch barricaded himself inside the room with an older patient and a security guard with a makeshift weapon. Lynch was fatally shot by police.
Kenneth Montgomery, the family’s attorney, previously told News 12 that Lynch was not a violent man and had no history of mental health issues.
“There’s nothing to suggest that this wasn’t a loving father and husband who had dedicated his entire life to service,” Montgomery said.
Police say that he was already an admitted patient. It’s unclear why he was admitted.