Patient arrested after shots fired inside New York City hospital

A patient was arrested after police say he fired shots inside New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering on Jan. 7 and then barricaded himself in a bathroom for several hours, according to NBC New York.

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Police did not release the suspect’s name but identified him as a 65-year-old man. He reportedly fired several shots while in the hospital’s urgent care facility on East 67th Street about 8:45 p.m. EST Jan. 7, the New York Post reported. 

Police said no one was injured during the incident, and the man was taken into custody. 

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