4 people dead after a gunman opens fire at Oklahoma hospital
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A gunman opened fire at a medical institution resulting in four people losing their lives in the US state of Oklahoma.
Another shooting incident occurred on the second floor of the Tulsa medical building on Wednesday and a police captain described it as a ‘catastrophic scene.’
Here is everything you need to know.
4 innocent bystanders dead after an unidentified gunman opens fire at Tulsa medical complex
Eric Dalgleish, deputy chief of the Tulsa police department described the incident at a news conference.
He said that the police received a frantic call around 5 pm on Wednesday about an individual carrying firearms at the Natalie Medical Building on the campus of St. Francis Hospital.
Dalgleish said that the law enforcement reached the medical complex within three minutes in the afternoon. He continued that the officers ‘were hearing shots in the building, and that’s what directed them to the second floor.’
Richard Meulenberg, Captain of the Tulsa Police Department, told CNN that the shooter was already dead when the officers worked their way inside the institution.
Regardless, the identity of the suspect remains unclear as of now.
According to Meulenberg, a ‘semiautomatic rifle’ and a ‘semiautomatic pistol’ were found next to him which are supposedly the firearms he was carrying.
Furthermore, the shooter used both weapons to shoot before he turned the gun on himself.
Cops suspect that the unidirectional suspect died because of fatal self-inflicted wounds.
More details on the gun shooting at Tulsa medical building
Richard Meulenberg confirmed that the death toll was not higher. He continued that fewer people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.
Authorities are still trying to determine whether they sustained wounds during the gunfire or while they were escaping.
Meulenberg ensured that no officers were injured during the tragic incident.
The shooting took place at an orthopedic wing of the hospital. It remains unclear whether the people who were killed were medical staffers, patients, or visitors.
The police captain said, ‘It was just madness inside, with hundreds of rooms and hundreds of people trying to get out of the building.’
Meulenberg mentioned to CNN that the investigators are working to figure out the shooter’s motive to launch a deadly assault.
He further added, ‘(The suspect) very purposefully went to this location, went to a very specific floor, and shot with a very specific purpose. This was not a random shooting by this individual.’
