He was taken hostage by his brother: The police shot the wrong person!

NEWS CENTER/ According to The Oregonian, a college student who ran away from his family's home after being threatened at knifepoint by his brother under the influence of drugs and was shot and seriously injured by the Albany police filed a lawsuit against the police department, alleging negligence and excessive use of force.

In the incident that occurred on January 6, 21-year-old Maverick Lyon, who took a kitchen knife to defend himself while escaping from his family's house in North Albany through the back door, was shot at least five times in the chest, back and face.

According to the video in the case file, while he was lying on the ground covered in blood, he said to the police, "You shot the wrong man, he was taking me hostage."

'SOME ORGANS HAVE BECOME UNUSABLE'

The lawsuit alleges that two police officers opened fire on Lyon after he dropped the kitchen knife he was carrying on the ground. After Lyon was shot and fell to the ground, police officers reportedly yelled at him to "get down" and then handcuffed him.

Lyon was hospitalized for four weeks due to multiple surgeries and part of his lungs, appendix and spleen were removed. According to one of his attorneys, Alicia LeDuc Montgomery, the injuries to his face will require orthopedic and plastic surgery.

JAIL SENTENCE FOR BROTHER

Lyon's older brother, John Dakota Lyon, also known as Dakota, was sentenced to six years and five months in prison in Benton County in June after pleading guilty to attempted kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and coercion stemming from the Jan. 6 incident.