Heart-Pounding Hospital Standoff Between Armed Patient and NYPD Caught on Bodycam [WATCH]

Newly released NYPD body camera footage is shedding light on a chaotic, minutes-long confrontation at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital that ended with a blade-wielding patient being shot and killed by police earlier this year.

The incident unfolded on Jan. 8 at the Park Slope medical center, when officers responded to multiple 911 calls just before 5:30 p.m. reporting a violent, suicidal man armed with a weapon inside the hospital.

According to police, the suspect was 62-year-old Michael Lynch, a patient at the facility who had been admitted for reasons that have not been publicly disclosed.

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One of the emergency calls came from a hospital employee who urgently warned dispatchers that the situation was rapidly deteriorating.

“I have a patient who’s suicidal – he’s actually hurting himself right now – I need police here immediately,” the employee told the dispatcher over screams heard in the background, according to footage released Wednesday.

“We have security holding him down, but we need a little bit more assistance.”

By the time officers arrived, Lynch had barricaded himself inside an eighth-floor hospital room with an elderly patient and a security guard.

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The newly released bodycam video shows officers surrounding the partially open door to the room, where Lynch could be seen blocking the entrance while holding what police described as a broken piece of a toilet, which he was using as a makeshift blade.

The footage shows Lynch covered in blood, with officers repeatedly ordering him to drop the weapon and exit the room.

At several points, officers can be heard yelling “drop the knife” while keeping their firearms trained on him.

Police later confirmed that Lynch was a former NYPD officer who resigned from the department in the 1990s.

Despite repeated commands, Lynch refused to comply.

The standoff stretched on for several minutes as officers attempted to de-escalate the situation while ensuring the safety of the elderly patient and hospital staff still inside the room.

The bodycam footage captures the tension as officers attempted multiple less-lethal options.

According to police, tasers were deployed in an effort to subdue Lynch, but they proved ineffective.

Minutes into the encounter, Lynch suddenly charged toward officers.

Police Officer Jason Lui fired a single round as two other officers deployed tasers again, but the shocks failed to stop him, according to the video.

The situation continued to escalate.

Lynch remained armed and refused to leave the room, at one point slamming the door shut.

Lui quickly moved to reopen it as officers again attempted to subdue him.

“Shots fired, shots fired,” Police Officer Brandon Bradley yelled, as his body camera recorded the roughly seven minutes of unfolding chaos.

As Lynch advanced again while gripping the broken toilet shard, officers fired additional rounds.

Police said Bradley and Lui fired a total of three shots that struck Lynch.

Tasers were used three more times during the final moments of the confrontation, but the footage shows Lynch continuing to hold the weapon even after being shot.

Lynch eventually collapsed to the floor, still clutching the improvised blade, before rolling onto his side.

Officers then took him into custody and immediately rendered aid.

He was treated at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, the same facility where the incident occurred, but was later pronounced dead, police said.

The violent confrontation prompted an immediate lockdown of the hospital, disrupting operations as officers secured the scene and ensured the safety of patients and staff.

The NYPD said the shooting is now under investigation, as is standard procedure in officer-involved shootings.

Authorities will review whether the use of force complied with departmental guidelines and protocol.

No officers, hospital staff, or patients were reported injured in the incident aside from Lynch.

The release of the bodycam footage comes as part of the department’s ongoing review process and provides a detailed look at the split-second decisions officers faced during the encounter.