Man fatally shot by police in Brooklyn hospital was armed with broken piece of toilet, official says

Emotionally disturbed patient shot by cops at Methodist Hospital had been admitted a day earlier

The 62-year-old man armed with a jagged piece of a broken toilet seat who was fatally shot by police during a fierce standoff inside New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was “emotionally disturbed” and had been admitted a day earlier, police said Friday. The patient, who had cut himself before taking an elderly man and a hospital security guard hostage — sparking the bloody confrontation with police — was shot after cops twice tried…

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Man fatally shot by police in Brooklyn hospital was armed with broken piece of toilet, official says

A man with a piece of toilet was shot and killed by NYPD inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

‘A little too close to home’: Residents react after fatal shooting at Park Slope hospital

Life appeared largely back to normal Friday morning in Park Slope, a day after a 62-year-old patient experiencing a mental health crisis barricaded himself with others and threatened to kill people with a sharp object before being shot and killed by NYPD officers at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital on Jan. 8. Police said the man, who was admitted to the hospital the day before, began cutting himself with a makeshift weapon fashio…