Multiple People Killed in Oklahoma Hospital Shooting
Written by SOURCE on June 2, 2022
A shooting at an Oklahoma medical facility has resulted in multiple injuries and at least four deaths.
According to the Tulsa Police Department, the attack took place at around 5 p.m. Wednesday inside the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital. Law enforcement say they arrived at the scene after receiving reports about a man walking on campus with a rifle.
“Officers immediately rushed to the second floor where the shooting was taking place, when they got there they found a few people had been shot, a couple were dead at that time,” Tulsa Police Captain Richard Meulenberg told ABC News. “We also found at that time who believe and still believe to the shooter because he had a long rifle and a pistol with him.”
The identities of the four victims have not been revealed. Authorities said that the gunman died after taking his own life.
Once police determined it was no longer an active shooter situation, they began going through the five-story building to locate other potential victims.
“We are doing a meticulous floor-by-floor, room-by-room search … It’s calmed down,” Meulenberg said. “We’re trying to connect people and we’re hoping not to find any victims.”
Police have since set up a reunification site at a nearby high school.
The shooting comes about a week after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, killing 19 students and two teachers.
