UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man who shot at police on the Upper East Side was killed when officers returned fire.

The incident spanned multiple locations, beginning around 7 p.m. Thursday at 1590 Madison Ave., where a 20-year-old male suspect was seen on an elevator inside the residential building.

NYPD officials say he began speaking to a man in the elevator, pulled out a firearm and pointed it at the man until the elevator got to the first floor and both men exited.

Police say the suspect then entered a deli at 1600 Madison Ave., pointed a gun at a worker behind the counter, and told the worker to call 911 while threatening to shoot up a hospital.

He then stole the deli worker's phone and fled from the scene.

Minutes later, police say the suspect entered Mount Sinai Ho

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