Brooklyn Methodist Hospital shooting: Police shoot man with knife in Park Slope

Police shot a knife-wielding man inside Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s ER in Park Slope. Officers responded to reports on the 7th floor; suspect injured.

Polie shot a man with a knife inside the Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn's Park Slope on Thursday afternoon.

Methodist hospital shooting. (Unsplash)

ABC 7, New York's ABC affiliate, reported that the shooting took place inside an emergency room of the Brooklyn Methodist hospital. Police were responding to a person with a knife on the 7th flood of the building, the report said.

The suspect was injured, and their condition is not known.

Locals reported a large police presence in Park Slope amidst the shooting.

As of now, the NYPD has not provided any updates on the circumstances of the shooting. No clarification has been provided on the nature of the knife used.

Park Slope is in western Brooklyn, just east of Prospect Park.