Overview
- Police say the episode began around 7 p.m. Thursday when a man pointed a gun at an elevator passenger, then at a deli worker while threatening to shoot up a hospital.
- The suspect briefly entered Mount Sinai Hospital, left a gun outside by a tree, reentered, told an off-duty NYPD officer he had a gun, and struggled with the officer before fleeing.
- Uniformed officers encountered him between East 95th and 96th streets, where, according to the NYPD, he fired first; officers returned fire and hit him.
- He was taken to Mount Sinai and pronounced dead, a firearm was recovered at the scene, and officers were medically evaluated with no injuries reported.
- Authorities say the man is about 20 years old, had no prior arrests, has not been publicly identified, and the investigation remains active.