Shocking moment college athlete shot by cops after they mistook him for his knife-wielding, drug-addled brother

A college lacrosse player was being held hostage at knifepoint when police arrived and shot the athlete five times and tased him – mistaking him for his drug-addicted brother, according to a new lawsuit.Dramatic video shows Maverick Lyon, 21, keeled over and bleeding on the ground in the backyard of his family home in North Albany, Oregon, moaning, “You guys got the wrong guy — he was holding me hostage,” after cops opened fire, the Oregonian reported.The officers then rolled him over and placed him in handcuffs, the graphic video shows.Maverick, who played lacrosse at St.Anselm’s College in New Hampshire, had fled out the back door on Jan.

6 after his drug-impaired brother, Dakota Lyon, who had recently been released from prison, had held him at knifepoint.“Our family has been through something no family should ever have to experience,” David Lyon, father of Maverick and Dakota, told KOIN.“I called the police that day because I wanted to protect Maverick, and instead, the very people I called for help ended up nearly taking his life.”Maverick was shot in his chest, back and face and was tased by another officer, according to a lawsuit he filed against the Albany Police Department accusing them of negligence and using excessive force.The injuries put him in the hospital for four weeks, where he’s undergone multiple surgeries, Maverick’s lawyer, Alicia LeDuc Montgomery, told the Oregonian.He also missed his spring semester at the college and his senior lacrosse season — although he can play again this semester.Maverick claims he dropped a knife he had grabbed in self-defense before the cops started shooting, according to the lawsuit.LeDuc Montgomery said the troubling case shows the “devastating consequences when law enforcement fails to distinguish someone asking for help from someone posing a threat.”...