Updating: Report of a fatal shooting on Elizabeth Street

NEW: Shooting leaves one dead this morning on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

39-year-old male suffered two gunshot wounds to the chest and one gunshot wound to the stomach. EMS rushed the victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue where he was later pronounced dead. There… pic.twitter.com/2QwS2XETgh

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A 39-year-old man was reportedly shot and killed early this morning on Elizabeth Street near Houston.

According to amNY, the shooting took place at 288 Elizabeth St. at about 3:22 a.m. The building also houses Tom & Jerry's on the ground floor.

Updated: The Daily News is reporting that the victim was inside the bar.

Gunman opens fire into Manhattan bar, killing one https://t.co/eJGjdh0oAf

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No arrests have been made, police said. 

Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit tips online. All calls are confidential.

Report: Judge orders temporary stay on Beth Israel's March 26 closure

Late yesterday, an appellate judge issued a new temporary stay on Mount Sinai's plans to shut down Beth Israel. 

This ruling arrived five days after a state Supreme Court judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block the facility's closure. 

After Judge Jeffrey Pearlman tossed the lawsuit filed by a community coalition this past August, Mount Sinai announced Beth Israel's closing date of March 26. 

Mount Sinai reportedly moved quickly to empty the hospital on First Avenue and 16th Street. The coalition's pro-bono lawyer, Arthur Schwartz, claimed this week that "every one of the 80 or so admitted patients has either been discharged or transferred to other Mount Sinai facilities. The Intensive Care Unit has been closed. The Cardiac Catheterization Unit has been closed. Ambulances have been notified to not bring patients to Beth Israel because no one is being admitted," per Our Town. 

A Mount Sinai spokesperson confirmed to Gothamist that as of Thursday afternoon, "there were no in-patients at the hospital and all in-patient services had ended,” Riegelhaupt said. "As planned, our [emergency department] remains open and will remain open until closure." 

As Gothamist reported: "Justice John Higgit put the stay in place pending a determination on the case by a panel of judges." 

Mount Sinai officials have said Beth Israel lost $1 billion in the last decade due to dwindling cash reserves and reduced bed counts. 

Beth Israel was founded in 1890 on the Lower East Side and moved to its current location on 16th Street and First Avenue in 1929.

Saturday's opening shot

March getting underway today as seen from Seventh Street and First Avenue... the morning clouds will give way to mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s... enjoy, because its back to the 30s (temps) tomorrow.