 In its publication of 1 December 2015, "The New York Times" reported that Romano was castrated after he was shot.The gunmen were left with nine hostages.They were, in addition to Gutfreund, sharpshooting coach Kehat Shorr, track and field coach Amitzur Shapira, fencing master Andre Spitzer, weightlifting judge Yakov Springer, wrestlers Eliezer Halfin and Mark Slavin, and weightlifters David Berger and Ze'ev Friedman.