Upon arriving on the eighth floor of the hospital, police gave the suspect verbal commands to exit the room and drop the weapon.

New York City police fatally shot a man wielding a sharp object who barricaded himself in a Brooklyn hospital room Thursday. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. at the NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital,

Lynch was armed with a piece of a toilet seat he had broken off and was using it to repeatedly cut himself. He also tried to cut another patient and a security guard, officials said. Police responded to multiple calls around 5:30 p.m. of a violent man armed with a sharp weapon on the eighth floor.

The NYPD is investigating two fatal shootings by police, including one at a Brooklyn hospital and one in West Village.

An armed patient who barricaded himself inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was fatally shot by police on Thursday. Police said the full incident was captured on body-worn cameras.

Officers located the BMW stopped in traffic nearby and approached the vehicle. According to police, a 37-year-old man got out of the car, and officers opened fire.

On Friday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he's awaiting the results of investigations into Thursday's fatal shootings in Brooklyn and Manhattan.