By SÍLE MOLONEY

AN AMBULANCE IS seen on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, outside Montefiore Medical Center’s ER department on Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx on the same day that an emotionally disturbed person picked up a knife inside the hospital’s ER. According to the NYPD, the person was later dispossessed of the knife.   
Photo by Síle Moloney

A patient reportedly grabbed a knife while inside Montefiore’s ER department on Tuesday, June 16, according to the NYPD but the incident resulted in no injuries.

 

A police spokesperson said that at around 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday, police responded to Montefiore Medical Center ER, located at 111 East 210th Street in Norwood [the ER faces Bainbridge Avenue] for a report of an emotionally disturbed person (EDP) with a knife in his hand.

AMBULANCES AND A paramedic response unit are seen on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, outside Montefiore Medical Center’s ER department on Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx, on the same day that an emotionally disturbed person picked up a knife inside the hospital’s ER. According to the NYPD, the person was later dispossessed of the knife.   
Photo by Síle Moloney

The spokesperson continued, saying, “At 12.57 p.m., there was a transmission that said that the EDP no longer has the knife and that everything was under control.”

 

The spokesperson went on to say that the description of the incident was that the person had a “medical episode” and grabbed the knife inside the hospital and then either put it down [or it was taken from him] and the emergency call was cancelled. He said the person was later taken into custody.

A SECURITY GUARD is seen on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, outside the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, which is located next to Montefiore Medical Center’s ER department on Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx, on the same day that an emotionally disturbed person picked up a knife inside the hospital’s ER. According to the NYPD, the person was later dispossessed of the knife.   
Photo by Síle Moloney

When Norwood News later asked for clarification as to whether the person was taken into custody for picking up the knife or potentially for a separate matter, another police spokesperson said that if someone is taken into custody, it doesn’t always necessarily mean they are being arrested.

 

He said it’s possible that they may be taken into custody to receive medical help. The spokesperson had no further information on the incident in question.

 

Norwood News reached out to Montefiore Medical Center for comment on the incident and will share any feedback we receive.

A NOTICE SEEN on the doors of Montefiore Medical Center’s ER department on Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, advises visitors that only patients are authorized beyond that point for safety reasons. It also advises that all individuals will be screened prior to entry and that safety is the hospital’s top priority. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

As reported, during the NYSNA nurses’ strike by nurses at Montefiore Health System, Mount Sinai, and NY Presbyterian in January this year, amid freezing temperatures, one of the concerns nurses had raised at the time was nurse safety when dealing with patients.

 

In 2022, as reported, a man was shot inside Jacobi Medical Center’s ER and two men later fled the scene.