Death inside of an abandoned hospital on Staten Island. And we understand that this is a place, a hangout that attracts many teenagers. Eyewitness News Reporter Kristin Thorne joins us live from new brighton with more on this story. Kristin. Michelle. Police have identify the victim as 16yearold Marcus Castillo. They say he was inside this abandoned hospital complex yesterday afternoon suffered serious head trauma after a sevenstory fall. This happened around 4 30 yesterday. Police say castillo was inside this complex, hanging out with friends when he apparently, shaft. Inspectors were back on the scene today. Thats some of the video were they arrived back here this morning at this abandoned complex on castleton avenue. Investigators say ca stillo was playing inside with his friends shaft. Suffered severe head trauma. The 17acre property used to be Staten Island hospital but has been abandoned for decades. People who live nearby say its a popular hangout for kids. Every single day in t
We begin this morning with a tragedy in westchester. An argument between two teenagers turns violent and then deadly. A 17yearold boy stabbed, a 16yearold arrested. Weve been tracking this story. Still unclear what sparked this fight in the first place. Friends stopped by a makeshift memorial where he lost his life. Michael george is in sleepy hold he with details. Reporter in a small park in the village of Sleepy Hollow, dozens of teens lit candles and came together to mourn the loss of a friend murdered a the age of 17. No one deserves to die at such a young age. Reporter known to friends as telly, stabbed in this park friday night. Police arrested another teen just seven hours after the murder. Investigators havent said what led up to the stabbing, but friends tell us it was a fight. Yeah, it was just a fight that, like, went to something else. Reporter telely had ly had moved away but was back visiting friends for homecoming. He was popular with friends and faculty at the school. S
Tragedy . Because of avontes law, most city schools are supposed to get door alarm s s by september. We did digging to find out how many schools actually had the alarms installed. Last week i went down to the School Reporter time has done little to dull vanessas anger at the way her son died. Avonte oquendo wandered away from his classroom and ran out of an unmonitored door that had been left open. Months later, the boys remains were found in the water 11 miles away. Very angry still. Very angry. But hopeful. Reporter fonteyn remembers her son through pictures and by looking at the security video that captured her sons last moments. Thats my last glimpse of my child, my last look. Its hurtful. Avontes legacy . The system learned from his mistakes. They have to put in force some happens again. Reporter they have been cries for change. City Council Passed avontes law which mandated door alarms like this at more than 1,400 schools. The department of education would only tell news 4 that w
St. Katherines hospital after her initial rest. She was handcuffed to a bedouin escaped when the officer left to use a rest room. Hand. Reporter according to police, silsby jumped in an ambulette left running by the hospital. A car. No one was seriously hurt. Did the officer who was watching her being disciplined at all because of what happened . No. It would be too soon to comment on that. Were still reviewing his actions. Reporter with two prisoner escapes at hospitals in a week, Suffolk Police tell news 4 they will shackle every hospital prison with handcuffs and leg irons. It was pointed out to us yesterday in a painful way she was able to defeat the security put in place by having her cuffed to her own bed. Left his ambulette unattended. The driver was simply helping a patient inside and did nothing wrong. We noticed this sign taped to a door at the Central Islip company, reminding drivers its a violation of new york law to leave kids inside a running ambulette. Molina silsby had
The response teams. Outreach teams are trying to deal with those in the subways. This is exclusive cbs video of outreach workers trying to get shelter. Something rodrigo lisboa understands. I have a drug addiction. Homeless. Reporter outside the west 4th street station he says tried to help him. They cant help you unless you are going to make the yourself. And you havent done that yet . Not yet, i have not. Reporter from drug addiction to emotional problems to severe mental illness, outreach workers are up against everything. Its tough. Not everyone accepts our services on first time or the tenth time or the 100th time but we always continue to engage with them. Reporter the city officials plan to do even more to help the street homeless. Police commissioner William Bratton says officials are exploring new legislation to give the police more power to get them off the streets to get them help. Cold weather coming reporter yeah. I mean, its really important it get them off the street bec