Police in New York City are responding to a report of shots fired at a hospital here, media reports said.
CBS New York reports that police have confirmed two persons shot on the 16th floor of the Bronx Lebanon Hospital, CBS news reported.
The incident began just before 3 p.m. at 173rd Street and Grand Concourse in the Mt. Eden section of the Bronx.
Police are going floor to floor in the hospital looking for the shooter who is believed to have a rifle and has reportedly barricaded himself.
Police believe the shooter is a former employee of the hospital.
Due to reports of a shooting incident at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, avoid the area of 1650 Grand Concourse. More information to follow, the New York Police Department tweeted.
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