Triple homicide suspect fatally shot when charging at NYPD detectives with a knife from the bathtub

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Officers shot and killed a man inside a Brooklyn apartment Friday afternoon, police say.

According to police, the man, identified as 38-year-old Vilmond Jean Baptiste, was wanted in connection to three deaths.

NYPD officials say Brooklyn Warrant Squad members were sent to an apartment building on East 21st Street near Dorchester Road in the Flatbush neighborhood around 5:20 p.m. to search for Jean Baptiste, who was wanted for a bench warrant and suspected in other crimes.

According to police, officers were allowed into the apartment. Police said officers spotted Jean Baptiste hiding in a bathtub fully clothed and instructed him to get out and show his hands. NYPD officials said the officers then realized he was armed with a knife and told him to drop it.

NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said a sergeant on the scene tried to deploy a Taser, but it didn't work. Jean Baptiste then allegedly jumped out of the tub and lunged at the officers with the weapon.

Maddrey said at least three officers fired their weapons, striking Jean Baptiste. It's unknown at this time how many shots they fired.

"The male went down. The members of the warrant squad were able to subdue him, put him in handcuffs, and at that point, they started to render life-saving measures," Maddrey said.

Jean Baptiste was taken to a local hospital, where he died.

The warrant squad members were also taken to a local hospital to be checked out as a precaution.

Jean Baptiste had one prior arrest in 2015 for reckless endangerment, and an open and active bench warrant that was issued in 2022, police say.

NYPD officials said Jean Baptiste was "a strong person of interest" in the deaths of three people: A 54-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man who were stabbed to death in July, and the suspicious death of a 66-year-old Brooklyn woman in August.

According to police, Jean Baptiste was in a romantic relationship with one of the stabbing victims.

"His MO seems to be he begins to date older women, and then they allow him to reside in his house to use narcotics," NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.