(CSU)At least four people were murdered in a shooting on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday evening, according to police.
According to officials, the gunman is also deceased. Tulsa Police Department Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish said in a press conference that authorities believe the shooter’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
Several people were also hurt, though no one was seriously hurt, according to police Capt. Richard Meulenberg, who spoke to CSU on Wednesday night.
Dispatchers received a call of an active shooter just after 4:50 p.m. local time at the Natalie Medical Building, a physicians’ office building on the St. Francis Hospital campus, Dalgleish said.
Officers arrived on the scene in minutes and made contact with the victims and suspect five minutes later, according to Dalgleish. According to the deputy chief, the cops who arrived heard shots within the building, which led them to the second floor.
“On the second story,” Dalgleish explained, “the scene is fairly constrained to one portion of that floor.” According to Dalgleish, at least some of the incident took place at an orthopaedic office on that floor.
He went on to say that no officers were hurt.
Dalgleish added that investigators are interrogating witnesses who were present in the building. He claimed that one witness was discovered imprisoned in a cupboard.
Police claimed they’re “coming close” to identifying the guy, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun, according to Dalgleish. “It appears both weapons were fired at some point,” the deputy chief stated.
According to CNN’s Meulenberg, authorities were notifying the victims’ families on Wednesday night.
“It’s a dreadful tragedy,” Meulenberg remarked. “I’m extremely pleased of the officers for arriving so promptly and perhaps preventing more individuals from losing their lives today.”
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum thanked the first responders for “not hesitating today to respond to this act of brutality.” The mayor stated, “The men and women of the Tulsa Police Department did not hesitate.”
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Authorities had to evacuate “several storeys” of the building, according to Meulenberg. “It was just chaos inside, with hundreds of rooms and hundreds of people trying to get out,” Meulenberg told CSU on Wednesday night.
According to police, a reunification centre for family and friends has been set up at Memorial High School west of LaFortune Park. “There is nothing more this community can do for us except pray for the families, loved ones, and victims of this heinous crime,” Saint Francis Health System CEO Cliff Robertson stated at a press conference.
According to a White House official, President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting. The White House is keeping a close eye on the situation and has offered assistance to state and local officials.
According to the ATF Dallas Field Division on Twitter, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is also assisting on the site. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commented on Twitter, “What happened today in Tulsa is a senseless act of violence and bigotry.” “I am grateful for the Tulsa Police Department’s and other first responders’ prompt and heroic actions in containing a horrific situation.”
All appointments in select locations booked before noon Thursday have been cancelled, according to a statement put on Facebook by Saint Francis Health System, “to enable our staff and caregivers the opportunity to process today’s awful circumstances.” The system also stated that “the Warren Clinic Orthopedic offices in the Natalie Building will be closed for the remainder of the week.”
‘I simply knew it was a shooting,’ she says.
Debra Proctor was waiting for a doctor’s appointment in another building on the hospital campus when she heard police sirens. First responders were queued up everywhere as she stepped outside, she said CSU. Proctor, a trained nurse for more than four decades, described the scene as “scary.”
“Police were all over the parking lot and the neighbouring blocks,” added Proctor. “They were still on their way when I left.” Kalen Davis, a Tulsa native, was stuck in traffic about 5 p.m. local time when she noticed several police cars responding to the location.
Authorities can be seen sprinting toward a structure with their rifles drawn in a video she shared with CSU. As more emergency vehicles come to the scene, two officers are seen grabbing long weapons from their trunks. Davis, 45, told CSU, “I simply knew it was a shooting situation because I saw police racing with firearms.” “That’s when I started crying.”
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