Armed Man Fires Shots Inside Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — An armed man fired shots inside Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and barricaded himself inside for more than two hours Thursday night before police coaxed him out.

The incident began around 9:30 p.m. Thursday when the man, armed with a handgun, fired shots inside the East 67th Street hospital building, according to police. A large police presence formed outside the hospital, and authorities asked residents to avoid the area.

Police identified the suspect as Joseph Gill, a Harlem resident. An NYPD spokesperson could not confirm whether Gill was a patient at Sloan Kettering.

After Gill barricaded himself inside for more than two hours, he was arrested and taken into custody at 11:54 p.m., with no hostages taken and no injuries reported, police said.

Gill was charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon.

UPDATE: Following an earlier incident of a male barricaded inside Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, located at 425 E. 67th St, Manhattan, he has been taken into custody without incident & no other injuries reported.

Please still avoid the area & expect large police presence. pic.twitter.com/xFkAwYhehW
— NYPD 19th Precinct (@NYPD19Pct) January 8, 2021