An armed rapist was fatally shot in the head by an NYPD officer after he repeatedly threatened “I have a gun” as they tried to take him into custody in the Bronx early Thursday, police said.
Lucien Colon, 44, started wielding the firearm when members of the Bronx Warrant Squad showed up at his apartment in Mott Haven to nab him on an outstanding sex offender warrant, according to cops.
Officers found the convicted sex pest sitting on a bed after being let into the apartment by a woman at about 6:45 a.m., the NYPD said.
Lucien Colon, 44, was fatally shot by an NYPD officer when they tried to arrest him on a warrant early Thursday, police said. obtained by NY Post When he was asked to step out of the bedroom, a defiant Colon told cops: “It’s not going to happen.”
He then blared “I have a gun” repeatedly as officers spent 90 seconds trying to talk him down and deescalate the situation, police said.
An officer ultimately opened fire, striking Colon once in the face, police said.
The convicted rapist’s gun was recovered from the bedroom in the wake of the shooting. The perp was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
His gun was recovered from the bedroom in the wake of the shooting, according to cops.
The officers were trying to arrest Colon, who was convicted of rape in 1997, on an outstanding warrant after he failed to meet his sex offender registry requirements.
The felon had a slew of other raps to his name, too, including a 2013 murder and 1998 robbery, police said.
He was released from prison in 2023 on the murder charge.
