{"id":333107,"date":"2017-06-30T19:55:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=333107"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:55:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:55:05","slug":"armed-man-opens-fire-at-hospital-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/armed-man-opens-fire-at-hospital-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed man opens fire at hospital in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are reports of a shooting incident inside a hospital in the Bronx borough of New York.<\/p>\n
An armed man said to be dressed as a doctor opened fire at the 972-bed Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, reports say.<\/p>\n
At least three people are believed to have been shot, although other reports speak of multiple shootings and an ongoing situation.<\/p>\n
Messages on social media spoke of doctors and nurses barricading themselves inside the building.<\/p>\n
Some reports also speak of a fire in the building.<\/p>\n
New York’s mayor has just been briefed on the situation and police are going floor to floor throughout the hospital looking for the gunman.<\/p>\n
The New York Police Department posted a tweet urging members of the public to avoid the area around the hospital at 1650 Grand Concourse.<\/p>\n
The New York Times quoted a fire department official as saying that three doctors had been shot. Their condition is not known.<\/p>\n
Some reports say the gunman may have been a former employee but this has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n
Emergency medical workers cannot yet enter the building as it has not yet been secured by police.<\/p>\n
The fire official told the Times one injured doctor was being treated by people inside the hospital using a fire hose as a tourniquet.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are reports of a shooting incident inside a hospital in the Bronx borough of New York. An armed man said to be dressed as a doctor opened fire at the 972-bed Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, reports say. At least three people are believed to have been shot, although other reports speak of multiple shootings and an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[8788,3],"yoast_head":"\n