Update - Multiple injured from substance at riley

Announcer: YOU ARE WATCHING WISH-TV. NOW 24 HOUR NEWS 8 AT 6:00 CONTINUES. KID GOES TO RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN TO GET WELL. AND TONIGHT WE'RE TRACKING A HEALTH SCARE INSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAT SENT SEVERAL ADULTS TO OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE AREA. RIGHT NOW AT 6:00, DEVELOPING NEWS INVOLVES AN INDIANAPOLIS INSTITUTION. RILEY'S WAS ON LOCKDOWN AFTER PEOPLE STARTED BECOMING ILL. IT HAPPENED EARLIER AT RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. ERIN MURPHY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY, AND JOINING US LIVE NOW WITH REACTION FROM SOME OF THE PATIENTS. Reporter: THE LOCKDOWN HAND EARLIER TODAY AROUND 11:30 WHEN OFFICIALS BELIEVE A PATIENT BROUGHT IN A SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCE. ORIGINALLY RESCUE CREWS HAD LEFT THE SCENE THINKING EVERYTHING WAS UNDER CONTROL WHILE THEY WAITED ON THE RESULTS OF WHAT THE SUBSTANCE WAS. BUT THEN THEY RETURNED TO THE SCENE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM THE CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM ARMY SERVICE MEMBERS WITH MORE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TRIED TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE OF THE ORIGINAL PATIENT SO THEY COULD FIND OUT WHAT THIS CHEMICAL OR SUBSTANCE IS. THEY TOLD US THAT -- LET US KNOW IF WE HAD ANY BREATHING PROBLEMS. Reporter: PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T LEAVE. I WAS TOLD WHEN WE WERE UP IN THE ROOM, GETTING HIM CHECKED OUT, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT WAS ON LOCKDOWN. Reporter: A SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE ER ON THURSDAY MORNING. FOUR ADULTS WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE TREATED ON THE SCENE. IN ALL SEVEN PEOPLE BECAME ILL. THEY JUST WEREN'T FEELING RIGHT. IT WAS JUST NURSES USING THEIR INCITE. NAY JUST KNEW THINGS WEREN'T RIGHT AND THEY WANTED TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. Reporter: IFD RUSHED TO THE SCENE AROUND NOON, BUT THEY SAID RILEY HEALTH ALREADY PUT THE ER ON LOCKDOWN. PATIENTS INSIDE WERE TOLD VERY LITTLE. IT WAS KIND OF SCARY, BUT IT WAS FINE. Reporter: PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ER, BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, PATIENTS STARTED TO LEAVE. THEY JUST TOLD US TO STAY IN THE ROOM, AND THEN THEY TOLD US WE COULD LEAVE. IT'S ALL OVER WITH NOW, SO I'M GLAD. Reporter: AGAIN, A FEW HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDENT PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE ER, BUT THE ER IS STILL CLOSED. IF YOUR KIDS ARE ILL, OFFICIALS URGE YOU TO TAKE THEM TO OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN CALLING THIS A CHEMICAL. THEY SAY THEY HAVE A MOBILE LAB