Police Shooting Of Brooklyn Man Deemed 'Suicide By Cop': NYPD

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The fatal shooting of a man in Crown Heights earlier this week by police appears to be a "suicide by cop," according to investigators.

The man, identified by reports as 26-year-old Eudes Pierre, had called 911 on himself before he was shot by two officers early Monday morning on Eastern Parkway, police said.

Cops found the cell phone that made the call, reporting a man with a gun and a knife, in Pierre's possession after the shooting, police said.

Pierre also had left a suicide note at his family's home before the incident, police said. Cops found two previous suicide attempts by Pierre in NYPD records, according to the department.

On Monday, Pierre — a knife in one hand and his other hand in his pocket — led police on a chase through Eastern Parkway and the Utica Avenue subway station before the shooting, according to police.

He was told to drop his weapon while he ran through the street and into the station, where two officers tried to use a taser to stop him, police said.

Two officers fired ten shots at Pierre when he "charged at them with the knife," according to police. He was hit in the torso and later pronounced dead at the hospital.

The incident is under investigation by the Force Investigation Division of the NYPD.

Family told the Daily News that Pierre, a CUNY College of Staten Island student and Uber driver, suffered from bipolar disorder. His mother told the outlet mental health experts should have been at the scene Monday with police.

“‘NYPD don’t kill the mentally ill’ has been a rallying cry of New Yorkers for some time in our city,” the family's attorney, Sanford Rubenstein, told the News. “The death of Eudes Pierre is not the first time in this city a mentally ill person has been killed by a member of the NYPD.”

Anyone struggling with mental health can get help by calling National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visiting this website. New Yorkers can also find resources by calling 1-888-NYC-WELL.