Minutes before the Sunday afternoon L train subway shooting that left two passengers, the suspect and an NYPD officer injured, the fare-beater who police officers shot had jumped the turnstile and left the station after being instructed to do so, the NYPD disclosed Wednesday. Cops revealed in an afternoon presser that there were two different interactions between Derrell Mickles and the two police officers, who would open fire on Mickles after he threatened them with a knife at the Sutter Avenue L train station in Brownsville. The first incident occurred around 2:50 p.m  where police revealed based on body cam footage that Mickles jumped the turnstile “right in front of the two officers.” The NYPD officers, Edmund Mays and Alex Wong, then followed Mickles up the staircase, asking him to leave. Mickles was said to have left voluntarily without restraint. But around 3:05pm, Mickles came back into the train station and went through an open gate at the station, polcie said. Mays and Wong followed Mickles — seeing that he had an 8-inch knife. The officers surrounded Mickles on the train car, which contained 10 people inside. “The officers follow up to the platform where they gave numerous verbal commands to see his hands and drop the knife, these commands were issued over 30 times,” NYPD Chief Of Patrol John Chell said.  “He refuses to drop the knife and at this point, officers discharge their tasers, the tasers did not immobilize Mr. Mickles.” Mickles then tried to charge one of the officers, which prompted them to fire. Mickels was within seven feet of the officers with the knife drawn when they fired. Mickles and a passenger on the train, Gregory Delpeche, 59, were critically injured. Delpeche’s family said he is in critical condition with brain damage. Kaz Daughtry, Deputy commissioner of operations, said that the tasers were “ineffective” due to Mickels wearing a baggy shirt which results in the prong of the taser not being able to stick to the skin. The shooting has sparked criticism. “On Sunday, the NYPD shot two bystanders and their own officer in a crowded and confined area in pursuit of a $2.90 subway fare. This deeply disturbing incident shows why relying on ever more police in subways and harsh new crackdowns for minor offenses won’t bring true community safety,” New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman said in a statement. Chell pushed back on the narrative that the officers shot Mickles over a “$2.90 fare,” calling the narrative “quite frankly irresponsible.” “That is just not true, irresponsible and wrong. This incident was not about fare evasion. This incident was about a person in mental stress armed with a deadly weapon and protecting our cops and citizens on that train,” Chell said. Mickles was charged with attempted assault, menacing, theft of service and possession of a weapon. Also Wednesday, a suspect was initially detained for taking the knife, a crucial piece of evidence, from the crime scene. Cops were able to track down the knife and the suspect gave the knife back. The District Attorney declined to prosecute the suspect as he was believed to suffer from psychiatric issues. Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily NewsAn officer displays a photo of a suspect’s knife at a press conference at Brookdale Hospital after a police officer and three other people were shot in the Sutter Avenue subway station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, Sept. 15 2024. (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News) A 26-year-old woman, also an innocent bystander, was grazed in the buttocks and was treated for minor injuries. Mays was struck in his left armpit above his vest. He also suffered shrapnel wounds to his face and legs. He is recovering in stable condition. “This is a tragedy for everyone involved and I want to extend my sincere sympathies to those who are injured,” NYPD Police Comissioner Thomas Donlon said. “This happened because an individual decided to enter our subway system. he refused to drop that weapon after repeated orders by the officers. Then he advanced to the officers while he was armed.” Sept. 16, 2024: Cop shot in subwayNew York Daily NewsFront page of the New York Daily News for Sept. 16, 2024: 3 others wounded, 2 critically, as police open fire in struggle with Brooklyn fare-beater armed with knife. Police investigate at Sutter Ave. station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, after shooting left four wounded Sunday. Mays and Wong are in the 73rd Precinct’; they but were working overtime as part of a continued effort to tamp down subway crime by assigning hundreds of officers to the subway. Chief of Transit Michael Kemper noted that from January 2024 through September 2024, police have recovered 46 guns in the subways, which were up from 35 last year. He went on to state that 24 of the 46 guns that were recovered was during a fare evasion stop and that 20 of the 35 last year were from fare evasion stops. Kemper also noted that 1,593 recovered in subway this year compared to 1,032 that were recovered last year. The 490 of the 1593 recovered were from fare evaders.