Crack Head Turned Crisis Actor NYC Hospital Shooting Hoax

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We do know right now one of our reporters Valerie Castro is live on the scene at Bronx Lebanon Hospital and it sounds like she has a patient there with her who she is going to be able to speak with and hopefully bring us a little bit more information about what was going on. Valerie, what can you tell us? Jessica, we're standing just outside the emergency room on Grand Concourse and 170 third street. I have Toby here with me. Toby, you're a patient inside the hospital. When you're having a meeting, I would say my room looking at TV and all they said, everybody said, cold red shut the doors on come out your room. We didn't know what was going on. We got scared. They said it was somebody in the hospital that had a rifle and that's all I know. What floor were you on? I was on the tent floor. Did you ever hear gunshots or anyone else? I didn't heard people screaming. That said. And I got scared and they said, cold to be able to come out your room and we did with it in my own room. So did you barricade the door? No, my arm was swollen. I couldn't, you know, so I just took my, I pushed the chair to the door so nobody can't come in. And then what happened next? Did police come into your room to take you out? Yeah, but she was the guy in there that they were looking for the guy and start. She was in, I was out one of the room, but they didn't find him, you know. What did you think when you heard that there was a gunman inside the hospital shooting? I got scared. I got scared. I started crying. I got scared. I didn't know what to do. I got scared, you know. So once police came in, where did they take you? They took us out on the stairs and they said patients coming down the stairs and they called us out to build them. What was the reaction of people around you? They were scared. They got all on me like, I got my movie star. They was, people were scared. They was nervous. Did you see anyone injured? No, no, I did not. I did not. We came out to build and we went across the street and that was them. And you said you were on the 10th floor, right? Yeah, I want to get cool. To know that you're outside and you're okay, how do you feel? I feel, then God, I feel, I feel grateful. I feel very grateful. I'm scared to go back inside. Thank you for your time. I'm so shocked.