Overview
- Warrant squad officers seeking 44-year-old Lucien Colón on Thursday entered a Mott Haven apartment to arrest him for failing to register as a Level 3 sex offender, and police say a woman let them in at 105 Willis Avenue.
- Police say they found Colón on a bed holding what looked like a gun as he said “I have a gun” and refused orders for about 90 seconds to step out and show his hands.
- An officer then fired one round that struck Colón, who was taken to Lincoln Hospital and pronounced dead, and police reported no injuries to officers.
- Investigators recovered a firearm-like object at the scene, and the Force Investigation Division is testing it to determine if it was a real gun or a BB gun.
- Body-camera audio captured Colón claiming he had a weapon while the video does not clearly show the shooting, and Colón’s girlfriend says she was pushed into a hallway and heard several shots, which differs from police saying one round was fired.