OF DAVID ON FIRE.
>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I’M ADAM KUPERSTEIN.
>>> WE BEAGAIN WITH THREE NURSES
SLASHED AT NEWARK BETH ISRAEL
HOSPITAL.
ADAM, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW
THIS HAPPENED?
>> Reporter: WELL, THIS ALL
STARTED RIGHT BEHIND US ON THE PEET RICK LEVEL AT THE BETH
ISRAEL HOSPITAL HERE IN NEWARK.
THEY’RE THREE FEMALE NURSES.
INVESTIGATORS NOW TELLING US
THIS ALL HAPPENED AT AROUND 7:00
HERE AT NEWARK BETH ISRAEL.
THEY SAY THERE WAS A FEMALE
SUSPECT WHO WAS VISITING A
PATIENT WHO IS A PED RICK ICU.
AT SOME POINT THERE WAS SOME
TYPE OF ARGUMENT OR ATTACK WHERE
THE SUSPECT SAY THEY USED WHAT
THEY’RE DESCRIBING AS A CUTTING
IMPLEMENT.
UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN.
SHE THEN ATTACKED THREE FEMALE
NURSES HERE AT THE HOSPITAL,
EACH OF THOSE THURSDAYS, INVESTIGATORS TELL US, HAD SOME
TIME OF CUT TO THEIR FACE.
THEY ARE NOW STABILIZED IN THE
HOURS SINCE THIS ATTACK
HAPPENED.
THIS WAS ABOUT FOUR HOURS AGO.
THE FEMALE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED REMAINS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEEFED-UP
SECURITY.
THIS HAPPENED INSIDE THE
HOSPITAL ON THE PED RICK LEVEL,
SO, OF COURSE, WE’RE CONTINUING
TO WORK OUR SOURCES, THOUGH I
DID SPEAK WITH ONE MAN A SHORT
TIME AGO, WHO WAS INSIDE THE HOSPITAL.
HE SAID HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY
TYPE OF FIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE.
THREE MEDICAL WORKERS ATTACKED,
INVESTIGATORS SAY SLASHED IN THE
FACE, AND A FEMALE SUSPECT IS
NOW IN CUSTODY AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.