Tulsa City Police killed a suspect in a new shooting that left wounded near Saint Francis Hospital
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Authorities closed traffic while the investigation was carried out (REUTERS/Michael Noble Jr.)
Four people were killed, including the shooter, in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, said Tulsa police Capt. Richard Meulenberg.
The official told ABC that “four people (were) shot to death. One died after leaving the scene to try to get medical help, and one of those four is our suspect.”
It was unclear how the shooter died.
“Officers are currently checking all rooms in the building for further threats,” police said in a Facebook post shortly before 6 p.m. “We know there are multiple injuries and potentially multiple casualties”.
Meulenberg also said there were multiple injuries and that the medical complex was a “scene. catastrophic”.
St. Francis Health System closed its campus Wednesday afternoon due to the situation at the Natalie Medical Building. The Natalie Building houses an ambulatory surgery center and a breast health center.
< p class=”paragraph”>Aerial footage from a TV helicopter appeared to show rescuers carrying someone out on a stretcher from the hospital building.
Dozens of police cars were seen outside the hospital complex.and the authorities closed the traffic while the investigation was carried out.
Dozens of police cars could be seen outside the hospital complex (REUTERS/Michael Noble Jr.)
In a nearby institute a center for reunification so that families could find their loved ones.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also at the scene of the facts, a spokesman said.
This incident comes a week after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde b>, in Texas, where an 18-year-old man barricaded himself in the educational center and killed 21 people -19 children and two of their teachers-.
This case has sparked criticism in society and the political arena regarding access to weapons by the civilian population and those younger. However, members of the Republican Party pointed to the mental health condition of the perpetrator of the crime and opted to reinforce the safety of teachers in educational centers.
Furthermore , yesterday,At least one person has died and two others have been injured in a shooting at Xavier University in the state of Louisiana, in the city of New Orleans, in the southern United States.
As reported by the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting occurred around 11:45 am near the Xavier University of Louisiana Convocation Center, where the Morris Jeff Community School celebrated his high school graduation on Tuesday morning.
Upon arriving at the scene, Xavier Police officers and security employees from the center have verified that there were three people with gunshot wounds -two men and one woman-.
Later, already in local health units, the woman is deceased. The authorities are now investigating the case and collecting information that may lead to the perpetrators of the event and the reason for it.
(With information from AP and Reuters)