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Particular hospital, but a lot of them will drill with the local police departments on active shooter scenarios. >> art roderick, stay with us. we just learned that mathe mayo of the city, mayor de blasio, is headed to the scene of the shooting. let's get back to jason. jason? >> reporter: we're expecting a statement from the hospital. about 30 minutes from now, the mayor was briefed this afternoon as the dwolts were unfolding there from the hospital. we should also know from the reports we're getting, anywhere, once again, anywhere from four to six people who were wounded, the extent of their...

Hospital if they're coming into emergency rooms. >> art roderick, formerly of the u.s. martial service, let me ask you, if the reporting and information we're getting is correct and the shooter took his own life, does that change the calculation for law enforcement as they seek to secure the building, as tom fuentes was suggesting? >> i agree with tom, it absolutely does. it sounds to me more like a domestic type situation than anything else. it's just going to be interesting to find out how those other four or five people were injured. were they injured trying to get away, or did he have to a...

Couple people injured, this very well could be some type of personal dispute, this individual had at the hospital. so, but again, we're talking about a hospital, a multilevel building. i'm sure that security at that hospital is very well trained, has worked with nypd, knows how to respond to these active shooter situations, and at this point, to me, this much time has passed by. it just seems to me that they know where he is, they're just not putting it out exactly what they're doing, where they have him cornered, and what they're doing, but they also probably have the hostage negotiators also...

The bronx. there was a shooting there sometime, we believe between the 3:00 and 4:00 eastern. . >> law enforcement authorities are being very circumspect with information they are sharing. let's bring in art roderick. he's a former city director with the u.s. martial's office. >> the first thing is to bring in the security along with the nypd. they've probably dealt with these circumstances. the security running the hospital probably has the best idea of what's going on. so you have a combination of security working with nypd but also a group of detectives or

Nypd tweeting out, due to reports of a shooting, avoid the area. more information to follow. this is the largest nonprofit health care system serving south and central bronx, provides more than 1.1 million visits annually. this is what's happening right now. roderick is on the phone with me, cnn law enforcement analyst. art, talk us through what police are doing right now. >> i mean, we're talking to the new york police department, which is one of the best police departments in the country when it comes to responding to not only active shooters but also terrorists events. i'm not saying this i...