DALLAS (AP) — Two Dallas hospital employees were killed Saturday in a shooting contained in the hospital and the suspected gunman was shot and wounded by police, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 11 a.m. inside Methodist Health System, in accordance with hospital spokesperson Ryan Owens.
“A Methodist Health System Police Officer arrived on the scene, confronted the suspect, and fired his weapon on the suspect, injuring him,” Owens said in a press release.
The names of the victims nor their positions on the hospital weren’t immediately released.
The hospital system said in a press release that it was mourning the deaths.
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“The Methodist Health System Family is heartbroken on the lack of two of our beloved team members,” in accordance with the statement attributed to the system’s leadership. “Our entire organization is grieving this unimaginable tragedy.”
The suspect, whose name also was not immediately released, was taken to a different hospital in undisclosed condition and under police custody, Owens said.
Dallas police referred inquiries to hospital police, who didn’t return phone calls for comment.
The shooting follows hospital shootings in September in Little Rock, Arkansas, that killed a visitor and one in June in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that left 4 dead.
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