Hospital hostage standoff ends in deadly shooting: Police

PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A patient at a New York City hospital was shot and killed by police after taking two hostages with a sharp object, police said.

Police received multiple 911 calls Thursday reporting a violent male with a knife inside Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

According to sources, one of the 911 callers was heard shouting, “Put it down!” and “I don’t know what’s wrong with him, please help.”

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Police responded within minutes and were directed to the hospital’s eighth floor…

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