Security guard fatally shoots man with knife at hospital in Newburgh, NY

NEWBURGH, New York (WABC) -- Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the emergency room of a hospital in Orange County late Thursday night.

The fatal shooting happened around 11 p.m. on Thursday at the Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh.

Officials say a disorderly individual in the hospital's emergency room lobby pulled a fire alarm, prompting firefighters from the City of Newburgh Fire Department to respond to the scene prior to police arriving.

Hospital security staff confronted the individual, who then brandished a knife and attacked a security guard, police say. An armed security guard then shot the man. The suspect, 45-year-old Carlos Ortiz of Newburgh, was later pronounced dead.

Authorities say a woman who was nearby the altercation was also inju